The relationship of Doc Holliday and “Big Nose Kate” is well known. But when did it start? Many accounts say the pair met in Ft. Griffin, TX in...
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James Brothers First Heist, Maybe?
Tradition says that Jesse and Frank James pulled their first bank heist on February 13, 1866 when they hit the Clay County Savings Bank in Liberty,...
The Sideways Grip—Cool or Crazy?
Hollywood loves the catchy, visual “piece of business,” as moviemakers like to say. One thing that has caught on big-time with modern films, and in...
Big Nose George Parrot
George Parrot, whose real name was George Manuse was a small time rustler and outlaw with a large nose, hence the nickname. Big Nose had a notorious...
Black Buckaroos
During the growing Civil Rights movement of the 1960s such publications as Philip Durham and Everett L. Jones’ groundbreaking 1965 The Negro Cowboys...
What History Has Taught Me: Terry Bolinger
Terry Bolinger, President of the Zane Grey’s West Society The president and long-time member of the Zane Grey’s West Society, Terry Bolinger owns...
Hugh Glass and the Grizzly
A grizzly bear was a mighty beast and its scientific name is well-deserved, Ursus Horribilis. They have been worshiped by the western Indians for...
Idaho’s Mormon Miracles
When the people of Preston, Idaho, decided to save the Oneida Stake Academy, they weren’t just preserving a magnificent historic building. They were...
B.B. Bullwinkle and the Arizona Cattle Company
The arrival of Mormon colonists from Utah in 1876 heralded the first permanent Anglo-American settlements in northern Arizona. Even though cattle...
Did The True “Gateway To The West” Start In St. Louis Or Independence, Missouri?
Did the true “Gateway to the West” start in St. Louis or Independence, Missouri? Chris Graefser St. Peters, Missouri That’s a good question and...
A Big Bang Year
Oliver Winchester introduced a legendary brand to the world in 1866, and in 2016, the 150th anniversary year of Winchester Repeating Arms, his brand...
Pony Diehl
Charles Ray liked to hang out with bad guys. Going by the name Pony Diehl (or Deal), he first gained notice as a member of the John Kinney and...