The heyday of Cripple Creek began around 1890 when a cowboy named Bob Womack found gold. For years he’d been telling anybody who’d listen the narrow...
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The Anti Horse Thief Association
The Anti Horse Thief Association was an important citizen-based crime fighting outfit in the Old West. It got its start in the late 1850s, battling...
The Earps Threatened C.S. Fly?
C.S. Fly’s photo studio/boardinghouse was right next to the empty lot where the Tombstone shootout occurred on October 25, 1881. That’s led to a...
Were Most Of The Old West Gunfighters Professional Gamblers?
Were most of the Old West gunfighters professional gamblers? Ron Bolza Slatington, Pennsylvania At some point, most of the famed Old West figures...
Unlikely Saddle Pards
“He doted on stories of his father’s daring exploits in Virginia and Louisiana” as a Civil War Union officer. So wrote renowned historian Peter...
On the Hunt for Buffalo Bill
The flowing locks and broad brimmed hat as William F. Cody cantered up on his horse made him “[look] like a picture of a cavalier of olden times”...
Lend Me Your Wife!
Cheyenne, Wyoming’s residents enjoyed a fine social life, and ladies hosted and attended a variety of social events and parties with varied themes....
Shakers On The Decline
Word has come that one of three remaining members of the Shakers religious sect has died. The group believes in celibacy, which has caused its...
Little Houses on the Prairie
She was born in a house her father built. A little house, naturally. Her father would build many more little houses as he carried his family from...
Arizona Frontier Adventure
Whereas in some circles the unreliable narrator holds sway, Michael Zimmer’s latest book, Charlie Red: American Legends Collection, Book Five...
Why In Bob Boze Bell’s Painting, Is Wild Bill Hickok’s Navy Colt Pointed To The Sky?
In the November 2016 issue of True West, Bob Boze Bell’s picture shows “Wild Bill” Hickok with his Navy Colt pointed to the sky. Why? Allen...
Salting A Gold Mine
Mining Camp author Brete Harte wrote: "The ways of a man with a maid are strange, but tame, when compared to a man with a mine when buying or...