Did Old West towns require cowboys to check their guns? Jim Spell Sonora, California Most places had “no carry” laws in an effort to curb...
Did Old West Towns Require Cowboys To Check Their Guns?
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The Murder Steer
For many years Texas folklorist J. Frank Dobie regaled his students with Texas history at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a prolific...
What History Has Taught Me: Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer
Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer Rex Allen Jr., son of the “last singing cowboy,” is retiring this year; his “Sunrise to Sunset” tour will conclude...
JPS Brown: An American Original
One day in 1937, in the bar of Tucson’s Santa Rita Hotel, the cowboy-actor Tom Mix gave seven-year-old Joe Brown a pair of buckskin chaps with...
Tangled Webs: The Wild Bunch and Their Women
Separating fact from fiction when it came to some members of the Wild Bunch and their women got downright confusing because of the stories handed...
Pete Kitchen
In a sense, Pete Kitchen represented Arizona’s transition from lawless frontier to civilization. In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona...
Western Events for February 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ADVENTURE Shovel Race Championships Angel Fire, NM, February 3-4: While contestants...
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....