When a Cowboy’s in a pinch, he just tightens up the cinch, spurs his horse and rides right through it ’cause that’s the way the Duke’d do it. He’d...
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The Buffalo Hunt
Francis Parkman wrote in his journal in 1846 that “Once among the buffalo, the hunter, unless long use has made him familiar with the situation,...
Beyond Custer Hill
June 25, 1876 George Armstrong Custer’s mind is racing with military strategies and tactics. As usual, he is reacting to a fluid battle situation...
Wanted: Billy the Kid Wanted Poster
For most of the last century, historians believed Billy the Kid never appeared on a...
Celebrating Pioneer Women
Ida May and Edith Eudora Ammon homesteaded in North Dakota in the 1880s, expecting their venture to be a lark. They intended proving up, getting...
If Johnny Ringo had participated in the famous O.K. Corral gunfight, what do you think the outcome would have been?
If Johnny Ringo had participated in the famous O.K. Corral gunfight, what do you think the outcome would have been? John Burton Via the Internet...
My favorite license plate is Wyoming’s. Can you tell me about its bucking horse logo?
My favorite license plate is Wyoming’s. Can you tell me about its bucking horse logo? Anne McCamy Springfield, Missouri Wyoming has been using the...
Are there real bodies buried in Tombstone, Arizona’s Boot Hill? I’ve heard the markers are fake.
Are there real bodies buried in Tombstone, Arizona’s Boot Hill? I’ve heard the markers are fake. Sam Boyd Via the Internet Tombstone obituaries are...
Down to the Last Moccasin
Although Gary Zaboly lives in the East, he asks us not to hold that against him, saying, “Frederic Remington was born in New York and died here,...
Phippen Art Museum
Artists will find a place of honor at historic Courthouse Square in downtown Prescott, Arizona. George Phippen’s namesake museum, the Phippen Art...
Long-Guns of the Gunfighters
For anyone who rode the gunpowder trail, a six-shooter wasn’t the only weapon in his arsenal. A gunfighter often had only one pull of the trigger to...
Landowners Bet the Farm
It was a hot August night back in 1900 when 600 Phoenix residents—one of every five citizens in this dusty spot in the Arizona Territory—gathered in...