Someone told me recently that the first big group of California gold rush miners didn’t come from the continental United States, but from Hawaii. Is...
The historic Old Spanish Trail runs from Abiqui, New Mexico, through the northwestern corner of Arizona and ends at Los Angeles. Is there another...
A friend said she saw some antique Apache playing cards posted on an online auction. She also said they looked homemade. Did the Apaches play cards,...
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, one foe the Confederacy did not anticipate was the Mescalero Apaches of western Texas and central New Mexico....
September 7, 1876 It’s just past 2:00 p.m. when three horsemen wearing matching white linen dusters dismount in front of the First National Bank in...
Long before he became acting sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas, and later marshal of Abilene, also Kansas, James Butler Hickok had served in several...
I know glass window panes were scarce in the early West. So, what did the early pioneers use? Junior Wilkes Monahans, Texas Many settlers fit their...
Why did so many Western-bound wagon trains use oxen instead or horses of mules? Joshua Young Star Valley, Arizona Oxen were slower than mules or...
In the history books we learn that gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill and that precipitated the famous Gold Rush of 1849. Someone told me that...
I read one time, but can’t remember in what book, about the good quality of “blue ice” that was available to Tombstone residents during its heyday....
I’ve heard that Julesburg, Colorado, is named after an outlaw. Please explain. Eric Baker Durango, Colorado Jules Reni, for whom Julesburg is named,...
Do you know of any pictures of Big Nose Kate? I can’t seem to find any. Ray Frady Via the Internet Yes, there are a couple. At left is the earliest...