Where the Bodies are Buried In 2007, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco was expanding its facility. The foundation of the new...
Preservation: Where the Bodies are Buried
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Popular Poppies
One day after California Poppy Day, on April 7, California’s oldest and largest auction house broke a record for artist Granville Redmond. His oil...
Irate Ira Nails the McClellands!
December 23, 1891 Former Texas Ranger Ira Aten rides into the Texas Panhandle town of Dimmitt. He aims to clear up some unfinished business. That...
Where’s the Beef?
George Motz, author of Hamburger America, and Bobcat Bite are all about red meat. I met up with Motz at the Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe, New Mexico....
Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Children’s Book)
Ages 5-7: This story is a simple account of the many accomplishments of Sam Houston (1793-1863). From a rural childhood in Tennessee, he went on to...
Collecting Geronimo
“I sold my photographs for twenty-five cents, and was allowed to keep ten cents of this for myself. “I also wrote my name for ten, fifteen, or...
The Chuckwagon Cooky
They were paid $20-$30 a month and were called names like Belly-cheater, Cooky, Coosie, Beef-trust, Dog face, Dutch, Beans, Punk, Grease-pot and...
Survival in the Cold Old West
A combination of history and legend tells us that near midnight, on the eve of Christmas day 1866, a man appeared on horseback outside the...
“Fight of My Life”
“Wink” Crigler grew up as a true child of the Old West-a granddaughter of pioneer ranchers in northeastern Arizona, she learned to ride a horse and...
Gold Fever
In the Bradshaw Mountains outside of Phoenix, Arizona, I saddled up with my guide Milton Joseph and two other riders to search for gold with...
Good As Gold
Back in 1873, when Colt first introduced the Peacemaker, it sold for a whopping $17.50! That was nearly a month’s wages for a laborer. You could...
Following Mountain Man Jim Bridger
At the edge of the Red Desert, But situated in a lush valley within view of a mountain range that retains snow on its peaks much of the year, Fort...