How many prospectors got rich during the California gold rush? Carl Justice Baltimore, Maryland Hard to say, but it’s probably about the same...
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When the pioneers crossed treeless country, where did the women go to the bathroom?
When the pioneers crossed treeless country, where did the women go to the bathroom? Connie Moran Savannah, Missouri These were Victorian...
Matt Braun Picks
Remarking that “These books light the way to deeper research on Western characters and events,” ace storyteller Matt Braun shares some of the...
Black Gold Gushers
Wildcatters have started some of the grandest collections of historical Western art known to man. Denver’s Philip F. Anschutz. Fort Worth’s Sid...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2013
#1 Fort Smith, Arkansas Location is everything in real estate. It’s also pretty darned important in history. The western Arkansas town of Fort Smith...
Historical Twins
About a decade ago, someone, I think it was Gus “The Mapinator” Walker, noticed that a random photo of a Pamunkey Indian in our archives had a...
“War to the Death”
On the morning of June 1, 1864, a group of 100 volunteers gathered at King Woolsey’s fortified ranch house to form a raiding party to pursue Apaches...
Honor in Defeat
Following Geronimo’s third and final breakout from the White Mountain Apache reservation in May 1885, first Gen. George Crook, then Gen. Nelson A....
The Rocky Mountain Rangers
The Canadian prairies were anything but polite in 1885. In southwestern Alberta, rancher William Cochrane wrote his father: “There is a great deal...
Men Behaving Badly
A lot of folks out there are investigating history—and that’s a good thing, or else this column would not exist and yours truly might be out of a...
Almost Getting Killed…
Dutch Oven Wally Roberts is trying to kill me. If there’s a cowboy event or trail ride in West Texas or New Mexico, chances are you’ll find Roberts...
The Death Tent
November 27, 1887 Working out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Deputy U.S. Marshal Frank Dalton, is tracking a horse thief in the Cherokee Nation named Dave...