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...
James Ford Wreaks Havoc
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The Late Glen Campbell’s Roll in 1969’s True Grit
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The Sunny Sheriff
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Sam Mason Gets What He Gave
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John Hance, Grand Canyon’s Windjammer
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Western Events for September 2017
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Territorial Sheriffs
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The Dish Washer
In 1878 a young boy named Henry McCarty washed dishes in the kitchen at the Hotel de Luna on the edge of the Camp Grant military reservation near...
Princess Wenona
While Annie Oakley is well known as the demure darling of the lady sharpshooters of the Wild West shows of old, only the more ardent Western...
Arizona Cattle Company and the A1 Brand
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Was Ike Clanton the Coward That Movies Make Him Out To Be?
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