Thirty seconds of withering gunfire raised John Henry “Doc” Holliday from frontier gambler to gunfighter immortal. Yet it was in a quiet little...
Doc Holliday’s Last Days
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Tragedy and Triumph
The odyssey that led the Parker clan to the edge of the Texas frontier started far to the east, in the state of Virginia. John Parker, leader of a...
Revenge of the Yuma
For several hundred years the Yuma Indians had resided along the Lower Colorado River. They were of Hokan stock, primarily farmers who benefitted...
Stinking Rich
Stinking rich was Ho-Ta-Moie, which means rolling or roaring thunder....
Cattledrive to NYC
Texas Longhorns were a tough breed of cattle, in a tough place—Texas. And tough were the men that drove them. Two such men, though hardly men at...
History of the Cowboy
From about 1870 until the late 1930s, one style of hat reigned supreme on the Mexican border—the Sugarloaf Sombrero—named for the crown’s...
Remembering Mrs. Squatting Bear
The Steamer Fontenelle slowed and drifted towards the shore at Kansas City. Smoothly, the paddle wheel was switched into reverse and thrashed...
Bill Tilghman’s “Prairie Queen”
This is a story that George W. Bolds told me. In Dodge City he was known as “Cimarron George.” I made notes, wrote the story and have his...
As Mule To Man
While talking to his mule as they plowed along, the farmer said. “Well Lightning. you’re just a mule and I’m just a man, made in the image of God,...
Bat Masterson’s Femmes Fatales
Bob Wright, one of the earliest residents of Dodge, who stayed on to become the town’s most prominent businessman and political figure, related this...
How many men did Roy Bean, the “Law West of the Pecos” hang?
How many men did Roy Bean, the “Law West of the Pecos” hang? Bert Smyth Atlanta, Georgia Contrary to popular belief, Roy Bean never hanged anyone....
The Cibola National Forest map for the San Mateo Mountains, southwest of Magdalena, New Mexico depicts the Apache Kid Grave Site northwest of Apache Kid Peak. Is this the Apache Kid who was Al Seiber’s scout, and also known as Ski-be-nan-ted?
The Cibola National Forest map for the San Mateo Mountains, southwest of Magdalena, New Mexico depicts the Apache Kid Grave Site northwest of Apache...