Kevin Jarre was capable of greatness. That was my first thought when I heard he had died in Santa Monica on April 3, 2011, at age 56. You can see his talent in his screenplays upon which the following films were based: • The Tracker (1988): A terrific made-for-TV Western, starring Kris Kristofferson and Scott Wilson, in which I detected some of the lines he would later use in Tombstone. • Glory (1989): About the 54th Massachusetts regiment, this is the best movie ever made about the Ci

October 2011
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- Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child?
- Where is Morgan Earp’s wife, Louisa, buried?
- True West Book of the Month
- The Assassination of Governor Boggs
- The Doctor’s Lady
- Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten
- Violent Encounters
- Quantrill at Lawrence: The Untold Story
- On the Trail of the Dalton Gang
- The Modern Tom Wilsons
- Gretchen Wilson
- The Tombstone that Might Have Been
- Judgment of Paris
- Six-Guns Blaze in Smokewood, Nevada
- Buckin’ for Buck
- Berries, and I Don’t Mean Whistle
- What’s It Like to Live There—Topeka, Kansas
- Did Doc Holliday Start the Fight?
- Artists We Love
- Wall Drug of South Dakota
- Wall Drug of South Dakota
- Artistas & Fashionistas
- How common were common-law marriages in the Old West?
- The Historic Arkansas Museum has a Bowie knife that’s marked Number 1. Is it the original?
- Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West?
- Stan Lynde
- Sioux Success, Against All Odds
- Tributes to Kevin Jarre (1954-2011)
- October 2011 Events
- A Grave Matter
- 1956’s The Last Frontier
- Lone Ranger in Limbo
- Harrison Ford as Wyatt Earp
- John Ford’s Stamp
- Roy Rogers Turns 100
- Deadwood Strikes Gold with Mining Relic