Wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what gun Wyatt Earp used in the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral. The biggest misconception about...
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July 2013 Events
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. • ADVENTURE Double RAFTER CATTLE DRIVES Ranchester, WY, June 29-July 6 & July...
Fort Smith, Arkansas
History reports that “Hanging Judge” Isaac Charles Parker sentenced 156 men (and four women) to death. The good judge, though, begged to differ. “I...
The Missing Lincoln
A friend once told me a story about being alone with the Lincolns at Honest Abe’s tomb. As it doesn’t get more American than that, I figured I had...
Billy the Kid is best known for his time in New Mexico, but did he also spend time in Arizona?
Billy the Kid is best known for his time in New Mexico, but did he also spend time in Arizona? Jim Hanson Tempe, Arizona Henry McCarty visited...
New Releases-Historical Fiction
Berkley: The Gila Wars by Larry D. Sweazy (May); Hell’s Angel by Peter Brandvold (June); The Reluctant Pinkerton by Robert J. Randisi (July); The...
New Releases-Historical Non-Fiction
Greenwood Publishing Group: The Civil War and the West by Carol L. Higham (September). Hill and Wang: Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life by Andrew...
Hot Summer Reads
I’m looking forward to the next chapter of the Mexican Revolution by two authors who have covered this history splendidly, The Plan de San Diego:...
Mattie Earp Rests in Peace
I typically encourage people to preserve properties, but four years ago, when True West asked my advice on nominating the Pinal City Cemetery to...
The Cowboy Artist’s Mentor
Pretty much everyone in the art world knows the name Charlie Russell, but not so much John Norval Marchand, even though he is the artist who...
The Bloody Bozeman
Trails across the West in the mid-1800s crisscrossed Indian lands, often displacing the people who had been living on the land for generations. The...
Doc Hits Bottom (But Not Much Else)
August 19, 1884 Broke, sick and usually drunk, Doc Holliday hits rock bottom in Leadville, Colorado. Today, a fellow gambler, Billy Allen, is...