What became known as the “Dodge City War” began when Luke Short returned to Dodge in April, 1881 and went to work at the Long Branch Saloon. Two...
The Dodge City War
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Spare the Rod!
Here are some muzzle-loading tips aimed at beginning muzzle-loading shooters, however veteran black powder gunners might also benefit as well. Of...
Stuart Lake
Stuart Lake is best known for writing Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, the first biography (not exactly accurate) of Earp. It was the only book he...
A Trail of Vengeance
Few conflicts between the United States government and tribes of the Western United States in the 19th century have created as much literature as...
No Way to Stage a Hanging
One place nobody wanted to be on April 25, 1901, was the front rows of spectators at the New Mexico hanging of Black Jack Ketchum. Ketchum was a...
Across the Wide Missouri
History credits Missouri River trader John Calvin McCoy with founding Kansas City in 1838. The story, possibly legend, says he and his partners met...
A Most Appropriate Name
Rose was the perfect name for the Grand Canyon's first official botanist, because self-taught Rose Collom blossomed when exposed to the state's...
W.H.H. Llewellyn
W.H.H. Llewellyn was a major player in the West. In the late 1870s, he tracked down rustler Doc Middleton and his gang in Nebraska, Wyoming and the...
A Collection of Criminals
Collectors knew Norman Flayderman as the man behind the bible of American firearms, Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms...and Their...
Hi Jolly and Camel Corps
One of the West’s most bizarre events took place along the Colorado River on a grey January morning in 1858. A camel caravan looking like something...
What is the 19th-Century Version of a Photographer’s Flash Powder?
What is the 19th-century version of a photographer’s flash powder? Mike Colaizzi, Gold Canyon, Arizona Early photography didn’t use flash...
Rescuing Silver Strike History
Talk about the mother lode. Imagine trying to preserve hundreds of projects in a 14,000-acre district—not only one of the nation’s largest historic...