So, you’ve never heard of Tom Russell? Join the club. Songwriters, unlike performers, are often unknown. Tom Russell is a cult figure around the...
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Placing Blame
Just after dawn on November 29, 1864, elements of the First and Third Colorado Regiments commanded by Col. John M. Chivington attacked a peaceful...
Kirk Ratajesak
Fretting is something most of us try to avoid. Kirk Ratajesak, of Seattle, Washington, on the other hand, has made fretting his life’s work. But...
Mojave Drums
Loretta Veach, founder and owner of Mojave Drums in Meadview, Arizona, says “rhythm is something that all people have inside them.” And she’s...
One Continental Union
It’s Monday, May 10, 1869, 2:40 p.m., Eastern time. For the first time, the entire nation is riveted to one event. “We have got done praying, the...
Seasick on the Prairie
Author Mark Twain likened the stagecoach to “an imposing cradle on wheels,” referring to the consistent sway of the vehicle that made some...
Patton’s Peacemaker Blazes Again
At the dawn of the age of automatic pistols, young Lt. George S. Patton relied on reverse technology when he used his famed ivory-stocked, 1873...
The Unfinished Line
“That line he puts on a canvas to start a painting is never finished,” wrote Donald J. Hagerty when he introduced the world to Phoenix,...
Fill Your Hand
He was the Ringo Kid and the badman to Gail Russell’s angel. He was Hondo and the Conqueror. He was a searcher and a horse soldier who rode where...
Which was the best mountain man weapon, the flintlock rifle or the percussion cap?
Both weapons had their problems. Flintlock shooters worried about clogged port holes next to the pan and getting their priming powder wet. If a...
In the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bob Dylan played the character Alias. Was he a real person or fictitious? In An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett claims the Kid rode to Fort Bowie with a pal called Alias.
In the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bob Dylan played the character Alias. Was he a real person or fictitious? In An Authentic Life of Billy...
Who was John B. Allen, for whom Allen Street in Tombstone is named?
Who was John B. Allen, for whom Allen Street in Tombstone is named? Gary Ledoux a.k.a. “Mayor Clum” Via Internet Born in Maine and schooled in...