Oklahoma and the Indian Territory provided some of the West’s wildest history including one of its deadliest gunfights. The battle occurred on...
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Suds for Crab Cowboys
Texas's oldest continuously operating tavern can be found in Austin. August Scholz opened his establishment after the Civil War, in 1866, and it...
Davis Waite Demolishes a Corrupt Denver in 1893
When Davis Waite took office of Colorado governor in January 1893, the first order of business: drain the swamp that was the corrupt political...
Cowboys? No Turkeyboys
There were a number of ways a young man could become a cattleman. He could hire out as a cowboy, gather and brand mavericks until he had enough to...
Building Your Western Library With Harlan Hague
Harlan Hague grew up in Texas and never quite got over it. He was posted with the U.S. Navy in Japan, later lived in England, visited about seventy...
Was Ammunition Expensive?
Was ammunition expensive? Paul Piper Dorset — England, United Kingdom. Depends on what you were buying. A Remington 1877 catalog listed 1,000 rounds...
Gold Fever
Author Ken Lizzio’s Forty-Niner: The Extraordinary Gold Rush Odyssey of Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (The Countryman Press, $24.95) is a sparkling and...
The Great Western
In late August 1890, a detachment from the U.S. Army Quartermasters Department began the arduous task of exhuming the bodies of the soldiers in the...
A Murderous Trail
They came from Texas—and not because they’d heard that Chugwater chili was better than anything you’d find in Terlingua. They arrived in Cheyenne,...
James Ford Wreaks Havoc
James Ford led a double life in the early 1800s. He was a landowner, businessman and civic leader in western Kentucky and southern Illinois. He...
Is Clint Eastwood Ambidextrous?
Is Clint Eastwood ambidextrous? Bud Haak — West St. Paul, Minnesota You’re not the first to notice Clint Eastwood is good at both left-handed and...
The Late Glen Campbell’s Roll in 1969’s True Grit
The late singer and entertainer Glen Campbell made his mark on Westerns when he starred as Texas Ranger La Boeuf in 1969’s “True Grit.” Director...