I grew up reading the Classics Illustrated comic book series, especially those about Daniel Boone and other frontiersmen…
A Belle of Old Fort Sumner An unpublished manuscript by Walter Noble Burns offers revelations to the biographer’s groundbreaking account of outlaw Billy the Kid’s life.
Walter Noble Burns was onto something. A 56-year-old Chicago journalist, Burns had become intrigued by a long-dead and l…
Cowboys & Millionaires How Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders bonded as brothers before leaving to fight in the Spanish-American War.
The Rough Riders were already the most famous outfit in the U.S. Army, but when the first contingents arrived at the “In…
Rough Rider Artist Pawnee Pollock was always in front of the charge.
“Well, I have learned a little of the soldier’s life; I have learned how to make a charge when the command is give…
Billy the Kid “The Territory is Better for His Death”
Early on the morning of July 18, 1881, mail contractor Michael Cosgrove pulled into Las Vegas direct from Fort Sumner wi…
Comparing Billy to Billy Decide for yourself if the carte de visite reveals more about the Kid than the tintype does.
Late last year, our publisher emeritus, Robert G. McCubbin, received a phone call from a gentleman, whose family had for…
Billy the Kid
Early on the morning of July 18, 1881, mail contractor Michael Cosgrove pulled into Las Vegas direct from Fort Sumner wi…
Mark Lee Gardner Spur Winner
I know someone is into Billy the Kid as soon as they ask me what he was really like, as if I knew him personally.…