Wyatt Earp’s 1871 arrest for horse theft in the Indian Territory, which first came to light in Ed Bartholomew’s book, Wyatt Earp, 1848 to 1880: The...
Was Wyatt Earp a Horse Thief?
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Lone Star Empire
This should be the seat of future empire!” Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar proclaimed in 1838. Straddling the Sunbelt,...
The Saloon Keeper
The cowboys and Indians did not catch five-year-old Roger Kislingbury’s attention in 1949, the year his dad bought an RCA television that allowed...
Calling All Quigley Fans
Tom Selleck and Simon Wincer fans will want to show up for the screening of 1990’s Quigley Down Under at the Autry in Los Angeles, California, on...
Billy the Kid’s New Mexico
After the young man most people know as Billy the Kid was shot dead—in his stocking feet and not knowing who killed him—dozens of dime novels and...
Custer’s Little Bighorn Battlefield
These works helped inform my own Little Big Home tome, and they are essential reading for anyone who wants to know more before visiting the Little...
Quanah Parker’s Comanche Country
The five essential reads I recommend to anyone visiting Comanche Country are: The Great Plains by Walter Prescott Webb (University of Nebraska...
Tombstone’s O.K. Corral
Five essential reads, alongside my work, that I recommend folks read before they visit Tombstone are: Tombstone, A.T.: A History of Early Mining,...
Stalwart Army Sweethearts
Wives and families accompanying their military husbands during wartime is nothing new in American history. Martha Washington spent winter encampment...
Was Bass Reeves the Real Lone Ranger?
With a budget of $250 million, this summer’s Disney movie, The Lone Ranger, will be the largest of any Western ever made in cinema history. Yet just...
Tom Mix’s Wild West
The Pacific Northwest was far off Tom Mix’s range in 1909. Yet the Oklahoma cowboy was inspired by his past four years performing as a bronc buster...
Gold Rush Country
Anyone visiting Gold Rush Country should be sure to read these first: The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience by J.S. Holliday...