In the mid-1800s, the word sandwich was almost synonymous with ham. If you ordered a sandwich, it was likely ham. The other two options were tongue...
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One Killer Burger
Charles Bent was killed on January 19, 1847. Billy the Kid got shot dead on July 14, 1881. Pat Garrett bought the farm on February 29, 1908. But the...
The West’s Most Western Town
In Arizona’s high noon showdown over the brand the “West’s Most Western Town,” Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane and Cave Creek Mayor Vincent Francia faced...
Curtis’s Big Dream
Hers is a simple, worn face; mouth and eyes downturned—in sadness, in waiting, in remembrance? That humble portrait of an old woman—Princess...
Hard Living: Elmore Leonard’s West
Life was hard in Elmore Leonard’s West. Living and dying in “Leonard’s Arizona Territory” was somewhere between Heaven and Hell. His characters...
The Lawman & the Land Rush
In the spring of 1889, the U.S. government faced a monumental task—opening the Unassigned Lands, nearly two million acres in modern-day central...
How do we know the tintype photo is really of Billy the Kid?
How do we know the tintype photo is really of Billy the Kid? Frank Cutler Sodus, New York “It is definitely Billy the Kid,” says Robert G. McCubbin,...
Did some cowboys dig up a corpse and pour whiskey down his throat?
Did some cowboys dig up a corpse and pour whiskey down his throat? Marina Bender Mesa, Arizona That bizarre event began at the Wigwam Saloon in...
I have seen several photos on the Internet claiming to be of Doc Holliday, however, many of the facial features don’t match up. What gives?
I have seen several photos on the Internet claiming to be of Doc Holliday, however, many of the facial features don’t match up. What gives? Vanessa...
In the Pancho Villa photograph, who is the man peering over Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing’s left shoulder? Huge wager on this! Your input, please.
In the Pancho Villa photograph, who is the man peering over Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing’s left shoulder? Huge wager on this! Your input, please....
How common was postmortem photography in the Old West?
How common was postmortem photography in the Old West? Ted Mulligen Massapequa, New York We’re all familiar with those famous photos of dead outlaws...
True West’s Best Western Books of 2013
Publishers dealt readers a “royal flush” of Western books in 2013—big epic fiction, cutting edge new Western history and robust biographies about...