Review of Eric Red’s Hanging Fire.
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A War to Remember
Review of Mark Santiago’s A Bad Peace and a Good War: Spain and the Mescalero Apache Uprising of 1795-1799.
Ask the Marshall
How did robbers find out about which stagecoach was carrying a payroll?
Doc & Wyatt Team Up
Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday vs Texas Cowboys.
Franco Nero
The once and future “Django” is still a star 55 years after being cast in his first Western role.
Ask the Marshall
Did Old West gunfighters really tie down their holsters?
Abilene’s Man with a Star
Explore the Great Plains from Wyoming to Kansas and discover the truth behind the stories of legendary Western lawman “Bear River” Tom Smith.
The War Between the States on the Southern Border
Review of The Civil War on the Rio Grande, 1846–1876.
Ask the Marshall
Did cowboys use gloves in their work?
Old Model Russian
Although it wasn’t well received in the American West, it laid the foundation for Smith & Wesson’s more successful future revolvers.
The Last Days of Kate & Doc
Kate “Big Nose” Elder recalls her final, violent days with Doc Holliday, the Earps and the Cow-boys in the Arizona Territory town of Tombstone.
Ask the Marshall
Did any Western lawmen have a reputation for shooting first, and asking questions later, when it came to suspects?