The Plains Indian women’s role in the buffalo hunt was no small thing. “Theirs was harder work than buffalo hunting,” explained John C. Ewers, in...
A Woman’s Work is Never Done
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Kill or Be Killed
Since Owen Wister published The Virginian in 1902 and Zane Grey published The Last of the Plainsman in 1908, Western authors have mined the West’s...
A Preacher Comes to Helldorado: Part III
Before arriving in Tombstone the Reverend Endicott Peabody of Boston had attended school in England where he was an outstanding athlete. He...
Western Wisdom Worth Remembering
Here's some western wisdom to give you a laugh and a good line when you need it! ”There's no place 'round a campfire for a quitter's blanket.”...
What Happened to the Guns Used in the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral?
What happened to the guns used in the Gunfight behind the O.K. Corral? Brian Madison Venice, Florida Simple answer: nobody knows. Arizona Territory...
You Tell ‘Em Girl
Western women said some pretty interesting things: “Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear, frosty morning...
Johnny Lingo: Arbuckles’, Bean Masters & Boiled Strawberries
Arbuckles’, Bean Masters & Boiled Strawberries While beef may have been plentiful at times and in parts of the West, rounding up a decent meal...
A Preacher Comes to Helldorado: Part II
Among the Reverend Endicott Peabody’s friends in Tombstone was Wyatt Earp and his brothers Virgil and Morgan. Some sixty years later Peabody...
Rosebud Gets No Respect
In June 1876, two battles were fought in Montana Territory between the U.S. Army and a coalition of Northern Cheyenne and Lakota warriors. Although...
Mapping Our Way
The smallest is just four inches by five-and-a-half inches, showing the Copernican Universe. The largest is 13 feet by 122 feet, showing railroad...
A Preacher Comes to Helldorado: Part I
During the early days of life in Tombstone the main diversion was playing cards but that soon changed as the business district developed. Folks...
Did Augustine Chacon Kill 52 Men?
Did Augustine Chacon kill 52 men? Jonathan Smith Rodenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany The number of men Augustine Chacon killed is disputed, just as the...