Character actor Bing Russell is best known for the recurring role as a deputy on the long-running TV series Bonanza. He appeared in a number of...
Bonanza’s Bing Russell
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When Did the Practice of Branding Livestock Begin in the U.S.?
When did the practice of branding livestock begin in the U.S.? Jim Martin Waco, Texas Branding of livestock dates to the Egyptians to around 2,700...
Some Bad Beef Between Robert Ford and Jefferson Davis Hardin?
There’s a story told that the killer of Jesse James and the brother of John Wesley Hardin once took up arms against one another. Robert Ford and...
True West’s Best of the West 2017: Firearms
The British affinity for double-action (DA) revolvers led to a number of imports into the American West over the years, like the popular Bulldog...
Cliff Hanger
In April of 1883, General Crook mounted a massive expedition force to go after Geronimo and his warriors in Mexico. Assigned to cover the story for...
Jack Elam Gets Cut
Veteran character actor Jack Elam was supposed to have a prominent role in the classic “High Noon.” He was a town drunk, guzzling booze in a bar...
What Happened to Mart “Old Man” Blevins of the Pleasant Valley War?
What happened to Mart “Old Man” Blevins of the Pleasant Valley War? Gail Marcroft Concho, Arizona I wrote about the fate of Mart “Old Man” Blevins...
What Bacon Did Trail Cowboys Eat?
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Mack Hughes’ Cowboy Christmas
A few years ago an old friend, the late Stella Hughes, wrote a book, Hashknife Cowboy, about her husband Mack’s days working for the historic...
Best of the West 2017: Western Movies, DVDs and TV Shows
For all of the pathfinders’ importance in the settling of the West, the films about those great pioneers comprise a short list indeed. The best...
The Man Who Killed Santa Claus
The Great Depression was in full bloom and hard times had fallen on the rural communities of Tempe and Mesa, Arizona that Christmas of 1932. It was...
Black Bart’s Bad Day
November 3, 1883 It’s a Saturday as the Sonora-Milton stage rattles along, empty, save for the driver. Reason E. McConnell has been on the road for...