Depot Heroes Pioneers participating in the Cherokee Land Run in 1893 settled along four town sites in the Oklahoma Territory: two Pond Creeks and...
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Tom Horn Hits the Auction Block
The former Pinkerton detective and hired gunman hanged for the murder of a rancher’s 14-year-old son, Willie Nickell—a crime he confessed to in...
Adair Before They Die
July 15, 1892 Riding eight strong, the Dalton Gang enters Adair, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). They commandeer the train station,...
Devil’s Gate
The Sweetwater River Valley in central Wyoming is the setting for this narrative history of a desolate region of the country that remains relatively...
New Mexico Past and Future
Don Diego de Vargas wrote in the late 1600s that New Mexico was “remote beyond compare,” and its cultural history had been as complex as its...
Is 1954’s Dawn at Socorro based on a true story?
Is 1954’s Dawn at Socorro based on a true story? Peter Birkin Kadina, South Australia, Australia Dawn at Socorro brings back memories. I first...
Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that scam?
Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that...
A family Bible belonging to the sister of Brushy Bill, who claimed to be Billy the Kid, listed his birth year as 1879. If this is true, then Brushy Bill couldn’t possibly be Billy the Kid, right?
A family Bible belonging to the sister of Brushy Bill, who claimed to be Billy the Kid, listed his birth year as 1879. If this is true, then Brushy...
How did the term “cowpoke” come about?
How did the term “cowpoke” come about? Mike Franklin Poteet, Texas The dictionary states that “cowboy” is from 1725 and originally meant just what...
Wickenburg, Arizona
An 1862 gold rush near Yuma, Arizona, spurred the interest of gold prospectors including an Austrian named Henry Wickenburg. His discovery of the...
The Hart Brand
Fourteen-year-old Caleb Hart is ready to live the American dream when he ventures west to ride the Hart Brand range for his uncompromising uncle,...
The Tobermory Manuscript
This mystery is centered around an actual 1870s land scheme in which an Englishman named Lord Dunraven and his cohorts fraudulently acquired...