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Picking up the Guns

Picking up the Guns

The Seven Rivers Warriors started off as a group of small ranchers around Lincoln County, NM. But when the Lincoln County War broke out, they went...

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Lawman Wages

Lawman Wages

The question often comes up about what kind of pay peace officers received in days of the Old West. Salaries varied quite a bit. A deputy U.S....

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Rimmy Jim Giddings

Rimmy Jim Giddings

Route 66 had some colorful characters operating roadside stops in the first half of the twentieth century and one of the most colorful was Rimmy Jim...

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Cherokee Stories

Cherokee Stories

When Robert J. Conley died in 2014, the Cherokee Nation and Western literature lost a tremendous voice. Evelyn Conley, his widow and driving force,...

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A Killer Gets His

A Killer Gets His

Frank McNab (or MacNab) was second in command of The Regulators, the Lincoln County (NM) outfit that tried to settle the score for the murder of...

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The Comanche and his Horse

The Comanche and his Horse

The acquisition of the horse in the 1600s brought immediate and sweeping changes to the Plains Indians. For the first time it gave them a wide range...

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Railroad Water Tanks

Railroad Water Tanks

While watching westerns on television and movies you see trains pull up and stop at a water tower and fill up the steam engine. How did those pumps...

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You Gotta Die Right to be an Icon

You Gotta Die Right to be an Icon

Many famous outlaws died robbing banks and trains. Some, however, died in peculiar ways. For example, during a train robbery the Tall Texan, Ben...

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The Taos Revolt

The Taos Revolt

Hispanics and Puebloans in present day New Mexico were concerned in 1847.  The US had just taken over the region, and the natives feared they would...

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Borderland Mystery

Borderland Mystery

If These Walls Could Talk by James D. Crownover is a complex fictional story with a plethora of characters set in southern New Mexico and Arizona in...

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