Mark Jones thought he was having a leisurely haircut in the small Colorado town of Del Norte that he and his wife had chosen for their retirement. It was 1998, and Jones was due for time off after heading the capital facilities department at Stanford University, where he had overseen the restoration of several major buildings. He thought he was done with “all the craziness,” he admits, but in the next barber chair was Dr. Ray Culp who owned a building that needed restoration. “By the t

June 2013
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- Mattie Earp Rests in Peace
- The Cowboy Artist’s Mentor
- The Bloody Bozeman
- Doc Hits Bottom (But Not Much Else)
- Gunfighter Graves
- Who was the first man killed by Billy the Kid?
- Who was Tombstone cowboy Frank Patterson?
- What is a “grass widow?”
- Colt’s Cavalry Pistol to the Rescue
- Guarding Custer’s Guidon
- Doc Holliday’s Lost Colorado Years
- Pistol Pete
- The Navajo War of 1913
- This Far-Off Wild Land
- Are there any photos of Curly Bill Brocius?
- The Red Man’s Bones
- During a stampede, did cowboys use guns to control the cattle?
- Pinedale, Wyoming
- A Feel-Good Story
- The Windsor Widow
- Custer’s Dash
- Drinking with the Friars
- June 2013 Events
- Top Five Koblas Reads
- A Lawless Breed
- Outlaws
- “A Killer is What They Needed”
- Rough Drafts 6/13
- Hardin Biopic
- IN THE WORKS
- Heaven’s Gate
- Which Dodge City dance hall star was shot in her sleep at the mayor’s home?