Ask most Americans to name a few intrepid lawmen from the nineteenth century, and they are almost certain to list Wild Bill Hickok, Bat Masterson...
Orlando “Rube” Robbins
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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...
The Ballad of Don Edwards
In a fast-moving world where MTV has replaced live concerts and music is often delivered digitally off a “jukebox” known as a PC, can there still be...
Surviving The Loneliest Road In America
So, if you choose to make this 287-mile historical adventure across the state (which, by the way, offers a view of the most beautiful mountain...
I was curious if there are any books or other information on Mickey Free? If not, can you tell me when and where he died?
I was curious if there are any books or other information on Mickey Free? If not, can you tell me when and where he died? Bret Burkhard Tonopah,...
Why did Army paratroopers during World War II shout “Geronimo” when they jumped?
Why did Army paratroopers during World War II shout “Geronimo” when they jumped? Joe Riley St. Paul, Minnesota It’s said to have started at Fort...
I seem to recall reading something about donuts being invented in the Old West. Have you heard the story?
I seem to recall reading something about donuts being invented in the Old West. Have you heard the story? Charles Abney Boise, Idaho Yup, there are...
Can you give me any information about a photo where, somewhere in Arizona, a group of cowboys had their picture taken with a corpse? I heard they were drinking a toast to the dead man.
Can you give me any information about a photo where, somewhere in Arizona, a group of cowboys had their picture taken with a corpse? I heard they...
State Of Native America
It’s the part of America that most of America doesn’t want to talk about and knows absolutely nothing about—the Indian reservation. It’s simply...
MERLIN FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF ‘JERICHO’ and the distribution walls don’t come tumblin’ down
This year’s American Outlaws turned out to be as big a blunder as the James-Younger gang’s Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery. The film’s wretched...
Ranch Hand Rodeo
When I was a kid picking cotton in Texas, certain drugstore cowboys sang a song that went: When it’s roundup time in Texas, And the bloom is on the...
Santa Fe in a day
The City Different is America’s oldest capital city and one of the country’s top tourist destinations with almost 400 years of history, art...