On the first of October I retired my ”Ask the Marshall,” column and “True West Blogs.” It is a sad day for me but, to quote James Michener’s French...
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On the first of October I retired my ”Ask the Marshall,” column and “True West Blogs.” It is a sad day for me but, to quote James Michener’s French...
How many times did John Wayne’s character die in his Westerns? Jimmy Garcia San Antonio, Texas John Wayne’s characters died in only three Westerns,...
Are Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers really buried where the markers are placed at Tombstone’s Boothill Graveyard? James Carroll (San Antonio,...
While watching some old Westerns, I saw wagon bosses and/or military commanders call out “Forward ho!!” to get the group moving. Was that accurate?...
After a gunfight or Indian attack, what happened to the weapons of the fallen? Edward Presken - Mobile, Alabama To the victor go the spoils. If...
What is your opinion of Stuart Lake’s Wyatt Earp biography Frontier Marshal? Josh Taylor Austin, Texas Much of Lake’s book comes from the fertile...
When did the Army invert its chevrons and why was that done? Bob Rooks (Fort Worth, Texas) Chevrons are the stripes on a uniform arm that denote...
Did the U.S. Army find out who was selling rifles to the Lakota and Cheyenne Indians prior to the Battle of Little Big Horn? Joe Manriquez...
Did anybody have a good time on the Oregon Trail? Neal Hathaway Durango, Colorado Interesting question. Many did. Those pioneers were amazingly...
Did the Ford Brothers ever get the reward money on Jesse James? Joe Manriquez (Whittier, California) Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden raised...
Were there are any instances of small-time outlaws using the name of more famous outlaws as an alias? Jeffery Stafford Hyde, Cheshire, UK We do know...
Who was in the posse that killed John Tunstall? Neal Hathaway (Durango, Colorado) On February 18, 1878, a “posse” deputized by Lincoln County...