In the first of this “Western Duo,” Sunset Trail has U.S. Agent Bruce Shane striving to thwart an illegal shipment of rifles meant to carve out a...
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What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor?
What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor? David Edelen Millbrook, Alabama Hickok’s weapon of choice was the 1851 .36 caliber Navy Colt, although he...
What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military?
What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military? Richard T. Hernandez Fontana, California Hat cords were yellow for cavalry, red for...
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?...
What can you tell me about Cimarron, New Mexico?
What can you tell me about Cimarron, New Mexico? Max Gross Venice, Florida Cimarron, on the Old Santa Fe Trail, had its beginnings in 1841 when the...
ATM Update: Hunnewell, KS
ATM Update: Hunnewell, KS A reader asked me to share more about the wild town of Hunnewell, Kansas, in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue. I told her about an...
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
Richards, who writes well for a professor, retells the rather familiar story of the California Gold Rush’s aftermath, but he tells it from an...
Give Me Mountains For My Horses
Love horses? Love taking them up into the mountains and backcountry, and to the tall timber with the elk and silent wilderness? This is the book for...
Stories Behind the Song
During a recording project in Evergreen, Colorado, several years back, Jon Chandler approached a subject that had captivated him since childhood...
Bandidas
Bandidas (Fox Home Video; $29.98) Viva Penelope! Viva Salma! And, while we’re at it, Viva Maria! (1965), the sexy cinematic grandmother of...
The Reel, not Real, Jesse James in Film
The best Jesse James movie is 2000’s Ride with the Devil, which isn’t about Jesse James. That’s okay because the best George Custer movie is Fort...
St. Joseph, MO
St. Joseph touts itself as the “home where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended.” With a new movie starring Brad Pitt as Jesse James on the...