Clay Mann branded his cows with a large “80” that stretched across their side. It was this 80 brand that changed Daniel Webster Wallace’s name for...
Good Luck Dogged My Trail
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Avenging Victorio
Colonel Edward Hatch learns his constant harassment of the Apache war chief Victorio pays off south of the border. Mexican rifles wipe out the...
Revenge & Redemption
In this Civil War-era romance, Utah rancher Clay Ashworth, married to a restless Mexican spitfire, receives marital advice from Mormon leader...
On the inside page of Ross Santee’s Cowboy, the dedication reads, “For Shorty Caraway—Top Hand.” What do you know about the author or Shorty?
On the inside page of Ross Santee’s Cowboy, the dedication reads, “For Shorty Caraway—Top Hand.” What do you know about the author or Shorty? Derek...
In the movie Tombstone, Wyatt steps off the train wearing square-toed boots. Aren’t those a 1970’s invention?
In the movie Tombstone, Wyatt steps off the train wearing square-toed boots. Aren’t those a 1970’s invention? Stephen Grady Cleburne, Texas Nope,...
Did Old West lawmen write a police blotter? Or was it more like a journal?
Did Old West lawmen write a police blotter? Or was it more like a journal? Lawrence Ripplinger Grafton, Illinois Like bookkeepers, each city marshal...
Did steamboats bring passengers and supplies from California to Arizona?
Did steamboats bring passengers and supplies from California to Arizona? Sue Burwell Scottsdale, Arizona The 2,100-mile monthly voyage from...
What can you tell me about William T. Phillips, who claimed to be Butch Cassidy in the early 1920s?
What can you tell me about William T. Phillips, who claimed to be Butch Cassidy in the early 1920s? Jim Freed Dennison, Ohio Butch Cassidy expert...
A Phoenix newspaper once reported on the rampant violence, murders and mayhem in Two Guns, Arizona. What books tell the history of this town?
A Phoenix newspaper once reported on the rampant violence, murders and mayhem in Two Guns, Arizona. What books tell the history of this town? Wayne...
The Comic Named Man With No Name
Yes, the character Clint Eastwood played in the most famous and successful of all Spaghetti Westerns, Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars...
Appa-palooza
Appaloosa wasn’t Robert B. Parker’s first Western; that honor goes to Gunman’s Rhapsody, his 2001 novel about Wyatt Earp and Tombstone. Yet Parker...
Hundred in the Hand
The Sioux continually raided small Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming for wood and supplies. In the fall of 1866, they waylaid a wagon train, killing all...