Here’s an exciting glimpse into an overlooked chapter of Kansas history. Interspersed with better-known characters such as Bat Masterson and Bill...
BALLOTS AND BULLETS: The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas
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Lone Star Lawman
Robert Utley really has had his work cut out for him in following up on his 19th-century Texas Rangers book with this story of the Rangers of recent...
Amarillo: The Story of a Western Town
Don’t be misled by the cover. While clever, it gives a sort of “wish you were here” feeling. Once inside the book, though, the Texan city of...
Following the Royal Road
From San Juan Pueblo, in present-day New Mexico, to Mexico City, Mexico, the Royal Road (El Camino Real) ran 1,500 miles through some of the most...
Spreading the Word
This unique analysis of information providers and users during the California Gold Rush is a smart read. Much of what Stillson discusses relate to...
Madonna of the Western Trails
Dragging a weary child and cradling a baby, she knew how to fire a weapon and kept her gun close. Just exactly where she was going, she didn’t know....
Those Aren’t Russian Cossacks!
“This is not a circus but an ethnographical exhibition; the people of various nations clad in their national outfit and ammunition enact...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Royal Wade Kimes was with buddy Garth Brooks and his dad. Ray Brooks pointed toward Kimes:...
Mellonsfolly’s Wild West
When the creation legend of a country consists of its North Island being the fish, the South Island, the canoe in which the fisherman sat, and...
“Western Movie” Night … at the Museum
For 50 years, Teddy Roosevelt has had his eye on Sacagawea. When Larry, the nightshift guard at Roosevelt’s namesake museum, convinces the former...
Trailing the First Indian Person
“Yes, we have Standing Bear, too,” Betty Davis tells me when I spy the photograph of the legendary Ponca chief at the Douglas County Historical...
Robbing the Yankees
The year was 1871, and the infamous James-Younger Gang was looking for some new revenue sources. The boys had pretty much stuck to targets in their...