San Jacinto didn’t end the fighting between Texas and Mexico.  There were some skirmishes after April 1836. In March 1842, Mexican troops briefly...

Josephine Williams was born in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, went to nursing school in Chicago. She graduated from nursing school in 1903 just prior...

What does “waddie” mean? Walt “Waddie” Clark Austin, Texas “Waddie” or “waddy” was originally a derogatory word for a thief or rustler, and the word...

The earliest known reference to football in Arizona is from George Parson’s Tombstone diary, dated January 12, 1882: “Grand foot ball racket this...

By the time Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery across North America from 1804 to 1806, the British, French and Spanish...

Godfrey Gauss witnessed Billy the Kid escape the Lincoln County Jail on April 28, 1881. Gauss said Deputy J.W. Bell died in his arms after Billy...

Frontier editors are a hard group to stereotype. Some were torch carriers for justice, seekers of truth and champions of liberty; others were...

What is a cowboy? Billy Murphy Las Cruces, New Mexico A cowboy is generally considered to be someone who tends cattle herds on North American...

March 21, 1886 Hogtown is full of cowboys from surrounding Texas ranches at a baile (a gathering for dancing). After midnight, in the early minutes...

Charlie Bowdre had the ultimate wardrobe malfunction. December 23, 1880.  Pat Garrett and posse had Billy the Kid and gang trapped in a small...

Poor ol’ George Warren led a rough life. His mother died when he was an infant and his father was killed in an Apache raid. Young George was taken...

What bacon did trail cowboys eat? Dave Macon Shreveport, Louisiana Bacon was a staple on trail rides and at line camps. The cowboys were actually...