Among the thousands of volumes treating the American Civil War rare is the study venturing west of the Mississippi River. Andrew E. Masich’s Civil...
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Colt’s Paterson—the Foaling of a Legend
Firearms buffs generally associate Colt’s Paterson revolver, the first truly practical revolver, with the year 1836, when this revolutionary handgun...
John J. Kloehr Downs a Dalton
John J. Kloehr was a prominent citizen of Coffeyville, Kansas, a man who owned a sizable livery operation. When the Dalton Gang tried to rob both...
Marion Hedgepeth Crosses Tracks with Serial Killer H.H. Holmes
Old West train robber Marion Hedgepeth helped unmask serial killer H.H. Holmes. The two were in a Missouri jail and came up with a con scheme:...
Charlie Connelly Cut Short
Charlie Connelly was a teacher, first in Indiana and then in Kansas when he moved there in the 1880s. In 1892, he was looking for a little extra...
She Was the Best Man of the Party
The name Juliet Brier doesn't leap to mind when thinking about the courageous women who endured the wagon train trip to California. But it should....
A Woman’s Work is Never Done
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...
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...