On September 11, 1857, 120 men, women and children—pioneers from Arkansas headed for California—were massacred after being promised safe passage...
Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
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Was Jesse James a Terrorist?
The new biography Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, recently published by Alfred A. Knoph, will no doubt cause some waves. Author T.J....
Could you give me some information on a Bud Ledbetter?
Could you give me some information on a Bud Ledbetter? Howard Ledbetter Rathdrum, Idaho James F. “Bud” Ledbetter was one of the great lawmen of the...
Where can I learn more about cattle driver Charlie Goodnight? Did he drive cattle on the Chisholm Trail or what trail?
Where can I learn more about cattle driver Charlie Goodnight? Did he drive cattle on the Chisholm Trail or what trail? Stace Webb Via the Internet...
Do you pronounce rodeo “ro-dee-o” or “ro-day-o”?
Do you pronounce rodeo “ro-dee-o” or “ro-day-o”? Frank Dean Omaha, Nebraska The proper Spanish pronunciation is ro-day-o. But like our use of a lot...
My maternal grandmother was born in 1880 and grew up in Wyoming. She told me that when she was a very young girl she saw the body of Wild Bill Hickok, which was shown in a traveling show. Do you have any idea what the case may be?
My maternal grandmother was born in 1880 and grew up in Wyoming. She told me that when she was a very young girl she saw the body of Wild Bill...
Writing with Cold Feet
Writers of nonfiction spend countless hours researching, but few are as dedicated about it as historical novelist James Alexander Thom. Not only...
Rendezvous
Before the Oregon Trail, before the cattle drives, before Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp, fur trappers—mountain men—opened the West. In their...
My Lake Mohave Christmas Came Early
Summer along the lower Colorado River is hot. Come July or August, 123 degrees in the shade is common around Lake Mohave. And that Lake Mohave...
James Drury, Alias The Virginian
When Owen Wister published The Virginian in 1902, he created the quintessential fictional Western hero (more than 60 years before Clint Eastwood...
Painting Below the Belt
Paintings by Nelson Boren grab viewers by the scruff of the neck, demanding they complete the scenes to which the artist provides only a glimpse....
Moving Along the Santa Fe Trail
"Far away from my wife and child, and six hundred miles of constant danger in an uninhabited region was not a pleasant prospect for contemplation,”...