“Sign” language has communicated messages to the public for thousands of years. But for craftsmanship that will stand the test of time, Western...
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So-called Cattle Kate Rises from Rubbish
Cattle Kate was the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming for cattle rustling, and history long portrayed the act as “good riddance to bad rubbish.”...
Genuine Cowboys Captured Alive
The cowboy is the most popular American folk hero, readily recognized all around the world. But many would be hard put to name any working cowboys...
Under normal conditions, how fast would a stagecoach move over flat country?
Under normal conditions, how fast would a stagecoach move over flat country? James Jackson Doyle, California A six-horse team pulling a Concord...
Did Wyatt and Josephine Earp have any children?
Did Wyatt and Josephine Earp have any children? Steven G. Trosper Via the Internet Wyatt and Josie had no children. In fact none of the “Fighting...
Where can I find the graves of Johnny Ringo, Big Nose Kate, Mattie Blaylock and Commodore Perry Owens?
Where can I find the graves of Johnny Ringo, Big Nose Kate, Mattie Blaylock and Commodore Perry Owens? Tina McGinity Sun City, Arizona Their bodies...
In my senior year of high school, I wrote a paper on outlaws and gunmen. One was shot in the back by a Frenchman. Do you know who it was?
In my senior year of high school, I wrote a paper on outlaws and gunmen. One was shot in the back by a Frenchman. Do you know who it was? Eugene...
Lists of Plains Indian property captured by the army in the 1860-70s often mention “crowbars.” Why would the Plains Indians, who I thought travelled light, have crowbars?
Lists of Plains Indian property captured by the army in the 1860-70s often mention “crowbars.” Why would the Plains Indians, who I thought travelled...
Why do almost all the Old West characters wear handkerchiefs around their necks in TV shows and movies?
Why do almost all the Old West characters wear handkerchiefs around their necks in TV shows and movies? Laurie S. Dell Brunswick, Maine The...
Entertaining the Masses
With a face seen by millions because it has been on more than 100 TV documentaries and a career as a professor of history at the University of New...
Death Rides a White Horse
Curly Bill Brocius is holding court in Galeyville, Arizona, with his cow-boy cohorts. Jim Wallace, a veteran of the Lincoln County War, rides up on...
Band of Brothers Broken
In the midst of a prisoner exchange negotiation, two men enter William Clarke Quantrill’s camp, four miles northeast of Lee’s Summit, Missouri,...