On September 19, 1876, Bill Cox and several men shot to death Dr. Phillip Brassell and his son George near Yorktown, Texas. The incident was tied to...
Coming to Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo, Texas, the American Plains Artists Special Summer Show. Fifty new western paintings...
Dr. Phillip Brassell of Yorktown, Texas was dying of tuberculosis. On September 18, 1876, he put his affairs in order, believing that his end was...
Phillip Brassell was a doctor in Fayette County, Georgia in the years after the Civil War. And he was sick--tuberculosis, made worse by the climate....
For the most part, the women did not want to leave home. They only went because their husbands or fathers insisted. And on the journey, they cooked...
New True West merchandise is here! Now in the Mercantile you can find True West embroidered logo apparel. Shop Hoodies Shop Sweatshirts...
Animating historic photos is an amazing new phenomena made possible through Artificial Intelligence. Check out this incredible YouTube video...
How did saloons in the old west out in the middle of nowhere serve beer? It must be refrigerated and does not travel well. In warmer climes the...
Dr. George Goodfellow of Tombstone is best-remembered today as the "Gunshot Physician." He patched up outlaws like Curly Bill Brocius, doctored the...
Of all the participants in the Lincoln County War, Robert Widenmann may have had the most interesting backstory. His father was the German consul in...
Robert Widenman was a New Mexico deputy US marshal—and an associate of Billy the Kid and the Regulators during the Lincoln County War. He was...
Taylor Ealy thought he had a simple assignment: go to Lincoln County, New Mexico to serve as a doctor, Protestant pastor and to run a school for...