In Killer of Witches: The Life and Times of Yellow Boy, Mescalero Apache author W. Michael Farmer describes the plight of the Mescalero Apaches of...
Rough Rider Artist
"Well, I have learned a little of the soldier’s life; I have learned how to make a charge when the command is given, and how to stand my ground and...
The Original Pike Bishop
Back in the 1960s, actor Lee Marvin was slated to play gang leader Pike Bishop in The Wild Bunch—even before director Sam Peckinpah became involved...
The Real Arizona Charlie
These days, the name is on a Las Vegas casino and a Dawson City theater, but folks in Yuma, Arizona, knew the real man behind the name. He was born...
The Vásquez Incursion
Nearly six years after the Battle of San Jacinto seemed to solidify Texas independence, Mexico reconsidered—with force. The Treaties of Velasco,...
Al Jennings, Oklahoma Bad Boy
Oklahoma train robber Al Jennings has become the model for outlaw incompetence in the Old West. He did however, manage to provide some comic-relief...
What A Fox
Chances are good that Eloise Fox ran away from a convent at the age of 16 in 1914 because of either a sexy cowboy or a chance to break out of the...
Mannen Clements’ Revenge
Texas’ Mannen Clements (photo) was a rancher, feudist, gunfighter—and cousin of John Wesley Hardin and father-in-law of Jim Miller. He could be a...
The Eternal Custer
As a book reviewer and editor of Western Books for True West magazine, I am truly amazed the formidable fascination of publisher’s with the life of...
How many Old West women robbed a train, bank or stagecoach?
How many Old West women robbed a train, bank or stagecoach? Jim Merrill Las Vegas, Nevada Tall tales claim Belle Starr and Flora Mundis robbed...
Tough Old Bird
Oriental Saloon owner Milt Joyce was one tough old bird. On October 11, 1880, Joyce beat Doc Holliday within an inch of his life after the good...
A Lively Corpse
In the summer of 1864, Robert McGee, a tall, slender orphan of 14 years, attempted enlistment at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. He was rejected....