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Frederick Nolan

Frederick Nolan

Frederick Nolan March 7, 1931 - June 15, 2022 An English historian redefined the scholarship on Billy the Kid.     The one thing that...

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Robert M. Utley

Robert M. Utley

Robert M. Utley October 31, 1929 - June 7, 2022 A former student’s personal tribute remembers a great historian, mentor and friend.   Robert M....

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My Stage Partners

My Stage Partners

Fred Nolan and Robert Utley could riff with the best of them. In April of 2012, I was giving a history talk in a tent on the concourse of Ruidoso...

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Truth Be Known

Truth Be Known

Old Vaquero Sayings “Be careful when you follow the masses; sometimes the M is silent.”   Quotes “Life can’t defeat a writer who is in love...

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Home on the Range

Home on the Range

For four decades, former Nebraska homesteader-turned-frontier photographer Solomon D. Butcher posed homesteader families and their livestock in...

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Cowboys, Shotguns and Hackamores

Cowboys, Shotguns and Hackamores

Where did Cowboys like John Ringo and Curly Bill Brocius live? Walt Serefin Shawnee, Kansas They spent much of their time in Galeyville, Arizona...

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Ridin’ the Rails

Ridin’ the Rails

Historic Train Excursions Coast to Coast From North Carolina to California, Montana to Texas, “ridin’ the rails” is reminiscent of days gone by,...

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Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee, Oklahoma

The historic city celebrates its music, history and Old Glory. Anyone of age in 1969 when Merle Haggard released his megahit song “Okie From...

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Lee Martin

Lee Martin

A born storyteller, the California ranch girl has worked hard at her craft to become a successful Western novelist and screenwriter.     ...

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