Day after day, week after week, we went through the same weary routine of breaking camp at daybreak, yoking the oxen, cooking our meagre rations...
The Oregon Trail
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Remembering the Alamo
Death and Doomed Men My own fascination with the Last Stand known as the Alamo began when, as a kid, I saw Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and movies...
Alamo Myths
Only weeks after the 13-day siege and battle, contemporary newspapers provided conflicting accounts of what happened at the famous mission-fortress....
Tribal Radio
In this age of digital satellite downlinks, online streaming, and high-tech communications systems, Indian Country is making the most of a...
Rotting Face
In April 1837, the steamboat St. Peter’s left St. Louis and headed up the Missouri River to deliver supplies to the trading posts of Pratte,...
The Alamo In the Movies
To say that Alamo movies are historically inaccurate is a bit like saying that Godzilla is a tad green and scaly. Most filmmakers couldn’t care less...
Big Bend in a day
This is where the Comanche War Trail crossed the Texas-Mexico border . . . buffalo soldiers fought Apaches . . . Judge Roy Bean ruled . . ....
I’ve been reading The Authentic Wild West/The Gunfighters, by James D. Horan. Horan writes that Bat Masterson has written about gunfighters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, Bill Tilghman, Charlie Bassett, Luke Short, Clay Allison and Jim Curry. I kno
I’ve been reading The Authentic Wild West/The Gunfighters, by James D. Horan. Horan writes that Bat Masterson has written about gunfighters such as...
How did they keep beer cold in those saloons in the Old West?
How did they keep beer cold in those saloons in the Old West? David Luthens Hutchinson, MN Depends on where you were. Up in your part of the...
What can you tell me about the “Jackass Mail?”
What can you tell me about the “Jackass Mail?” Mike Weirens Sartell, MN The “Jackass Mail” was officially the San Antonio and San Diego mail line....
Was Billy the Kid as fast as they say with his guns?
Was Billy the Kid as fast as they say with his guns? Bill Laskey St. Catherines, Ontario According to Pat Garrett, Billy was “quick as a flash.”...
What sweeteners did Indians have available other than natural semi-sweet berries and fruits?
What sweeteners did Indians have available other than natural semi-sweet berries and fruits? Stephen Frazier Raleigh, NC As far as we can tell,...