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Western Events for February 2017
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America’s Second Amendment City
Tombstone officials have decided to add another nickname to “The Town Too Tough To Die.” They recently passed a resolution calling the place...
Which U.S. Army Officer Had The Worst Attitude Toward Indians?
Which U.S. Army officer had the worst attitude toward Indians? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Probably Gen. Philip Sheridan. He initiated...
Director Andrew McLaglen
Director Andrew McLaglen is probably best known for his association with John Wayne. His dad Victor starred with Wayne in John Ford’s cavalry...
Etienne Pelissier Jacques De Bujac (Bruce Cabot)
By all rights, Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac should have been the big Western star of the ‘40s-‘70s, not Marion Morrison. But John Wayne hit...
Sergio’s Epic Open
The classic opening scene that Sergio Leone called the “summa” of his career was ambitious and complicated, and it wasn’t the easiest of shoots....
The Drifting Cowboy
Eric H. Heisner’s, T.H. Elkman (Skyhorse Publishing, $22.99) gives insight into the life of Thomas H. Elkman in the 1800s, a cowboy who is not ready...
Who Was William Preston Longley?
Who was William Preston Longley? Jonathan Smith Rodenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany “Wild Bill” Longley had a reputation—which he helped build—as one...
Bill Williams: Mountain Man
They never numbered more than a thousand, maybe two and their heyday lasted less than 20 years but the mountain men of the West made their mark on...
Nellie Cashman: The Story Of A Real Life Dime Novel Heroine
Many men and women came west in the 19th century to pan out that dream of getting rich but none can match that of a pretty Irish lady named Nellie...
What Is A High Shoulder Saddle?
What is a high shoulder saddle? Colin Hilton-Ash London, United Kingdom, England Noted saddlemaker Carson Thomas, of Wickenburg, Arizona,...
The Babbitt Brothers & The CO Bar Ranch
It was a cold, wet February morning in 1886 when Dave and Billy Babbitt stepped down off the passenger train in the raw, boisterous town of...