Among the many questionable incidents people often repeat about Wyatt Earp’s life story, few reveal the duplicity of his biographer as much as the...
Erroneous Ellsworth Showdown
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Kim Allen Scott
Yellowstone’s Early Explorer
Charles W. Cook participated in several important episodes of Montana’s frontier history, but sometimes his accomplishments seem destined to remain...
Bozeman’s Darkest Night
When the log battering ram crashed against the jailhouse door, the prisoners inside cowered against the far wall, screaming for help in a desperate...
A Skirmish with the Bottle Instead of the Braves
The life of a frontier soldier in the American West involved more combat with boredom than forays against hostile tribesmen. Troopers adopted a...
The Most Contemptible Character I Ever Saw
During the summer of 1886 in the midst of the Geronimo campaign in southern Arizona, Capt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane wrote dozens of letters to his...
Up the Winds and Over the Tetons
In 1860, Capt. William F. Raynolds, along with Jim Bridger and Dr. F.V. Hayden, explored the headwaters of the Yellowstone and Snake Rivers. This...