Most folks know that the violence in Tombstone, Arizona, didn’t end with the Gunfight behind the O.K. Corral in 1881. A number of shootings—several...
Tracking a Vendetta Rider
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As American as Apple Pie
“Before we were out of the mountains, we met a relief train from the Willamette Valley...as flour was being offered at $1.00 per pound, and as we...
Mellow-Trauma
“Mellow-Trauma” appears dozens of times in just about every Western movie where the prerequisite for success is at least one and, better yet, even...
Straws in the Wind
“One can thresh the straw of history until he is well worn out, and also is running some risk of wearing others out who may have to listen. So I...
Custer Portrait Shares a Hidden Story
“Our house at Fort Lincoln, Dakota” is a notation that many may not pay much attention to, other than as an identification of a depicted location....
Centennial Celebration
Of the quotes about Glacier National Park, I remember John Muir’s writing: “Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be...
Can you tell me something about the Apache of southern Arizona?
Can you tell me something about the Apache of southern Arizona? George Rodriguez Newalla, Oklahoma Let’s start with early 1861, when Cochise was...
Can you tell me something about the comic book hero Kid Colt?
Can you tell me something about the comic book hero Kid Colt? Dan Clutter Denison, Iowa Kid Colt was a 1950s Marvel Comic hero. His real name was...
One Against 76
November 4 (or 9th), 1862 Army Surgeon John Marmaduke Whitlock is visiting his good friend Col. Kit Carson at the newly recaptured Fort Stanton...
Hawaii’s Cowboy Tradition
The steam from the volcano diffused the dawn as the cattle drive reached the shoreline where the Pacific Ocean rolled into Kawaihae Bay. While some...
Who Is Boley Brown?
Heading east on Highway 380 from Post, Texas, to the ghost town of Clairemont is a 45-minute drive through a wide open and sparsely populated...
Depp as Pancho Villa
Johnny Depp and Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica will be collaborating once again on a picture, Wild Roses, Tender Roses, that is an adaptation of...