Did Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday’s fathers meet while serving in the Mexican-American War? Marko Fancovic Zagreb, Croatia In 1847, Nicholas Earp...
Did most Old West towns have “no carry” gun laws? Gerard Smith Coos Bay, Oregon As frontier towns matured, city fathers realized they needed gun...
Did whip snapper Lash LaRue make movies? Bill Dunn, High River, Alberta, Canada Lash LaRue made nearly 30 movies between 1945 and 1952. His comic...
Who was the fastest gun in Hollywood? Ron Bolza Slatington, Pennsylvania Some of the names might surprise you. How about Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry...
How was life in territory prisons? Jim Spell Sonora, California Life in territory prisons was pretty tough, overall. For example, in Arizona...
Competition between madams was especially lively way out in the west Texas town of El Paso where Redheaded Etta “Grasshopper” Clark and “Big Alice”...
Was Bat Masterson run out of Denver? Daniel E. Scuiry Berkeley, California Bat Masterson biographer Robert DeArment says, “Yes.” In May 1902,...
Were archery contests held out West? Jennifer Malewski Kansas City, Missouri Archery was practiced almost entirely by American Indians in the...
What is 3-7-77, associated with the Montana Vigilantes? Dave Quinn Carson City, Nevada This has long been a Western historical puzzle. The Montana...
What did the actors drink when they were drinking “beer” on Gunsmoke? Dave Rapoza Olathe, Kansas The Gunsmoke actors actually drank beer, but the...
What’s the story behind the naming of Show Low, Arizona? Michael Westlund, Clarkdale, Arizona Anthony Cooley, the former president of the...
Who played Johnny Ringo in Tombstone? And do you think the real Ringo took his own life? Joyce Bell Marshall — La Crosse, Wisconsin Michael Biehn...