What books on frontier horses would you recommend? Koen Kop Berlin, Germany I highly recommend books by Will James, incl…
Ziegfield and Buffalo Bill It was another of Flo Ziegfeld’s tall tales.
The other day a True West reader mentioned that he’d read a story concerning claiming Buffalo Bill, hired a young trick …
The Real Buffalo Hump Buffalo Hump actually took the towns, something rare in the annals of the Indian Wars.
Most are familiar with Buffalo Hump in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. He was a fictional character but there really was…
Six Guns Along the Mexican Border Curly Bill Brocius figured prominently in the outlawry along the Mexican border in the early 1880s.
Curly Bill Brocius figured prominently in the outlawry along the Mexican border in the early 1880s. He was personally r…
What Can You Tell Me About Living with Consumption in the Old West Era?
What can you tell me about living with consumption in the Old West era? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Consumption is an…
Maurice Kildare and the 1883 Bisbee Massacre Physical evidence including an expensive gold watch and chain linked the men to the crime.
Several years ago, I read an article written by Maurice Kildare about the Bisbee Massacre in which he stated that the me…
Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?
Did the Apache call their great leader Geronimo or his original name, Goyahkla? Al Maurine Tucson, Arizona Geronimo, a p…
Who Assassinated Pat Garrett? Pat Garrett’s assassination remains a convoluted point of controversy that reads like an Agatha Christie mystery.
Pat Garrett’s assassination remains a convoluted point of controversy that reads like an Agatha Christie mystery. Was it…
Was the Notorious Bad Guy Davy Crockett the Grandson of Davy Crockett? If grandpa had been around he would have tanned his britches!
Yep, he sure was Davy’s grandson but if grandpa had been around he would have tanned his britches. David Crockett,…
Were all the Witnesses at the Spicer Hearing Sworn in?
Were all the witnesses at the Spicer Hearing sworn in? Tom Betts Anaheim, California Some 30 witnesses testified at the …