You’re Riding Shotgun With… San Francisco-born John Boessenecker, who, as a boy, made annual vacation trips along this route with his...
Gold Coast’s Badmen
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Doc Holliday Slept Here
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Thomas J. Noel, who is truly “Dr. Colorado.” He has written more than 40 books on Colorado, he is a...
Custer & Cody Country
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Candy Moulton, a fourth-generation Westerner, who was reared on the Wyoming ranch her grandparents...
Cathouse Melee
April 5, 1894 Bass Outlaw is drunk. This isn’t news. He’s been described by fellow Texas Ranger Alonzo Oden as “so kind . . . more sympathetic, more...
Cowboys & Cowtowns
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Orin Friesen, whose passions are the Chisholm Trail, Texas Longhorn cattle, the Pony Express and Kansas...
April 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. SANTA CLARITA COWBOY FESTIVALSanta Clarita, CA, April 19-22: Melody Ranch &...
In the Nov/Dec. 2011 issue, I told readers a possible reason why Geronimo was holding two sticks was so he could steady the gun while firing. Reader David West has shared another explanation:
In the Nov/Dec. 2011 issue, I told readers a possible reason why Geronimo was holding two sticks was so he could steady the gun while firing. Reader...
Who was the man Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed in Abilene, Kansas?
Who was the man Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed in Abilene, Kansas? John “Arizona” Crawley Salem, Oregon Mike Williams was a former bartender from...
Why did some vaquero saddles have dinner plate-type saddle horns?
Why did some vaquero saddles have dinner plate-type saddle horns? Glade Fawson Riverton, Utah My famous saddlemaker friend, Carson Thomas, of...
How successful were traveling entertainers in the Old West?
How successful were traveling entertainers in the Old West? Jack A, Graves Turlock, California They were popular in the entertainment-starved West,...
The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century development?
The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century...
Did Arizona ever list train robbery as a capital offense?
Did Arizona ever list train robbery as a capital offense? Norman Lilley Forepaugh, Arizona Yep. The railroads wielded enough political pressure to...