By 1922, “Little Sure Shot” Annie Oakley had been famous throughout the United States and Europe for decades. She'd been born Phoebe Ann Moses (or...
Oh Annie, You Really Showed ‘Em
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What Music Did Gen. Santa Anna Request During The Alamo Battle?
What music did Gen. Santa Anna request during the Alamo battle? Elinor Hobart Kansas City, Missouri “El Deguello,” an old battle song originally...
The Baca Float #5
Bob Sharp who managed the Baca Float from 1937 to 1952 wrote: “The Baca Float was one of the last big outfits to run under the code of the...
Stopping a Death Squad
In April 1892, Benjamin Harrison had almost finished his first term as President of the United States. He couldn’t have foreseen it, but he was...
Guerrilla Warriors
A century and a half after the Civil War, the romance and reality of Western outlaw history remains a favorite subject of historians, re-enactors,...
Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft was one of those Western actors you’d recognize immediately—but never knew his name. The Nebraska native and WWI hero (who enlisted at...
Hoot Gibson
How did Hoot Gibson, the legendary cowboy-actor get his nick-name? First off, his real name was Edmund Richard Gibson. He was born in Tekamah,...
Riders of the Purple Sage
Thank the Grand Canyon. Long before it was a national park—before it was even a game preserve, thanks to President Teddy Roosevelt—this steep-sided...
Whistle Stop Tour
As Nebraska gets ready to celebrate 150 years of statehood, you likely know these facts: it is the only state with a unicameral legislature;...
Lon Megargee
Lon Megargee is often characterized as Arizona’s original cowboy artist. He was born in 1883 just about the time Buffalo Bill Cody was transforming...
Stevens County Seat War Massacre
Kansas’ Stevens County Seat War produced a terrible massacre in July 1885. Citizens of Hugoton and Woodland—both vying for the county seat...
Tom Harper Hangs
Tom Harper was a good friend of Curly Bill Brocius during Tombstone’s heyday. He also bit the dust before his Cowboy associates. In September 1880,...