Bill Hickman was an early follower of and bodyguard for Mormon founder Joseph Smith in 1839. After the move to Utah, Hickman became a sheriff,...
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The Coolest Guy in the Room
Paul Cool was just that: cool. The coolest. And that went beyond the Old West field. Oh, he was the coolest there, for sure. Cool was an...
Augusta Tabor
Augusta Tabor’s life with husband Horace wasn’t easy. They struggled from the 1850s through early 1880s, trying to make their fortune. Augusta was...
The Portrayals of Wyatt Earp
According to the film website IMDb, Wyatt Earp has been portrayed at least 67 times in Westerns, TV shows, docudramas and more. Bert Lindley was...
The Rightful Writer
Stuart Lake is best known for writing the bio Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. After it was published in 1931, Lake spent much of his life in...
John Ford- True to Hollywood
Legendary director John Ford considered himself a student of history—especially Old West history. And he often told people how Wyatt Earp gave him...
The Duke and Dollor
John Wayne may or may not have liked horses, but he did have a favorite in his later years. The sorrel gelding was called Dollor—no “a”--and it was...
Schemer, Lou Blonger
Lou Blonger was a man of many hats. He was a miner, a saloon and bawdy house owner, a gambler, a lawman (for a very brief time). And with his...
Frank Hamer’s Recuperation in Pecos
Future Texas Ranger Frank Hamer was severely wounded by Dan McSween in 1900, after Hamer refused to carry out a hit for the rancher. Hamer needed...
A Bloody Ranger Battle
The Conner family had been running roughshod in east Texas for several years when Texas Rangers went after them. In late March 1887, the two groups...
Marvin “Red” Burton
Marvin “Red” Burton is in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. But one of his bravest acts came as a McLellan County deputy sheriff. He and the sheriff...
Friends in Film
John Wayne had a number of actors that he liked working with (and made sure that they had plenty of film opportunities). Hank Worden was toward the...