An Exercise in Monotony. That's how food in Arizona Territory military camps is described in the “Arizona Territorial Cookbook, 1864-1912” by Daphne...
An Exercise in Monotony
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Lessons From The Stagecoach
One of the iconic symbols of the old west is the stagecoach, and here's betting there has never been a western movie without one making an...
A Biographer’s Take on Doc & Wyatt
Gary L. Roberts gave Western historians a monumental present with his excellent biography, Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend, published in 2006. His...
Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp
A question came up the other day, how does Bat Masterson match up with Wyatt Earp in the history of the Old West? Bat Masterson’s history in the Old...
When Doc Met Wyatt
John Henry “Doc” Holliday had a restless year in 1877. The dentist-turned-gambler had spent time in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and in Denver, Colorado....
Globe, Arizona
With a majestic backdrop of the Pinal Mountains on one side and the Apache Range on the other, the town of Globe perches on the banks of Pinal...
What’s Actor Dennis Weaver’s Story?
What’s actor Dennis Weaver’s story? Charlene Allison Los Angeles, California In a career that lasted more than 50 years, Dennis Weaver was best...
Bucking Broncos and Breaking Barriers
Stereotypical pairings often plague the American West. Outlaws and lawmen. War bonnets and Winchesters. Cattle drives and wagon trains. None,...
Following the Guidon: Texas Frontier Forts
Texans take great pride in their storied past, which is as wide and as deep as the vast Lone Star State itself. Nowhere is a sense of bygone days...
A Fateful Game of Cards
A strange card game decided the fate of six Apache warriors, captured by U.S. troops in southwest Arizona in 1861. Lt. Isaiah Moore and Asst....
What History Has Taught Me: Gary L. Roberts
Gary L. Roberts, Doc Holliday Biographer An emeritus professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, Gary Roberts...
Chief Mangas Coloradas
In early 1861, the great Apache Chief Mangas Coloradas went to a mining camp at Santa Rita in New Mexico. He was going to tell the miners of richer...