During the 19th century drugs were widely available and affordable. They were often in greater demand than alcohol. Used for medical treatment they...
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Curly Bill Brocius: Before Tombstone
His true name remains a mystery. Some accounts say it was William Brocius Graham while others claim it was William Bresnaham or William Graham but...
Western Adventure
Lee Martins’ The Last Wild Ride (CreateSpace, $7.35) tells the story of Sam Jefferies, a rugged cowboy carrying a death wish until he is asked to...
The Wild Bunch Often Hung Out at Fannie Porter’s Bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies Say Fort Worth or San Antonio.
The Wild Bunch often hung out at Fannie Porter’s bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies say Fort Worth or San Antonio. Terry Priddy - Pipe Creek,...
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is considered a classic. The 1962 film—directed by Sam Peckinpah—starred Joel McRea as a washed up marshall hired to protect...
Just How Good Were the Good Old Days?
Just how good were the “good ol days?” Folks on the western frontier led a hardscrabble life. They were wan with fever, gaunt, scrawny and peaked....
Western Events For July 2017
A roundup of events where you can experience the old west! ADVENTURE Viejo Pueblo Ghost Rides San Elizario, TX, July 1: Uncover the hidden secrets...
Trapped!
Patricio Valenzuela, the hacendado (ranch owner) of the Agua Fria hacienda eight miles east of Cucurpe in Sonora, Mexico, is alerted by his vaqueros...
Apache White Captive Child Santiago McKinn
On a balmy September morning in the little valley east of the Mimbres Mountains in southwest New Mexico, seventeen-year-old Martin McKinn and his...
The Legendary West
The West conjures images: sky-touching-earth horizons, uncharted wilderness, turbulent rivers, an unbounded Milky Way flung across the heavens....
Phoenix Gets a Name
“Lord” Darrell Duppa was an adventurer, world traveler, scholar and gifted elocutionist. He wasn’t really a lord but the folks around Phoenix in the...
Charles Stevens
Charles Stevens was often cast as Native Americans or Mexicans in movies and television in a career that stretched from 1915 to 1961. He...