I’ve been warned that a friendly ghost lurks about the Ellis Country Store Inn in Lincoln, New Mexico. They’ve put me up in the haunted Mill House,...
Hauntings in the West
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Slaughter
June 7, 1888 Daybreak finds Cochise County Sheriff Texas John Slaughter, his deputy Burt Alvord, Tesana Lucerio and an unnamed hispanic posse member...
Did ID cards exist in the Old West?
On the Westerns Channel, I saw Clint Walker’s Cheyenne Bodie arrested for not having proper identification. Did ID cards exist in the Old West?...
How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way?
How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, ON, Canada Indians usually did not use saddles. Some of the ways...
Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas?
Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas? James Crawley Salem, Oregon Maybe. On July 26, 1878, at about three a.m., a...
What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?”
What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?” Alexander Durvin Jr. Fort Washington, Maryland “Hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy,...
I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction.
I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction; can you recommend nonfiction works about the trail driving era? Dave Bourne...
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is currently shooting near Glen Rose, Texas. Producer Glenn Helm has brought aboard Alan Chan to direct the HD picture, so one can...
The Good, Bad, Ugly Comic?
Western movies these days are few and far between, but Western games and comic books continue to appear with some regularity. Movie heroes Zorro,...
Lonely Are The Brave
Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) is the kind of cowboy that mamas are warned not to let their babies grow up to be. He has no respect for authority, and he...
Fort Worth, Texas
Local historian J.R. Edmonson does not hesitate when asked who everyone in Fort Worth knows. “Steve Murrin, a third-generation cowboy whose...
Ken Burns’s Best Work Ever
Ken Burns is more than a chronicler of American history and culture. As early as 1981, when Burns presented his film on the history of the Brooklyn...