The few surviving factory records reveal that Merwin, Hulbert & Co. was organized in 1874, when New England inventive genius and savvy...
Ugly Ducklings of Frontier Six-shooters
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Art, Guns and Culture
Preservation: Roll Along, Wagon Train
Roll Along, Wagon Train “Gotta keep ’em on the run. Time to go! And follow the sun. Roll along, Wagon Train.” Ward Bond played the wagonmaster on...
A Gun Exchanged for Billy the Kid’s Mare
“I want no man who hesitates,” Frank Stewart told his Panhandle stockmen when they had realized that they weren’t just rounding up some stolen steer...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Nashville tends to shun Kimes because he bucked the system. Some in the Western music genre...
A Gun Exchanged for Billy the Kid’s Mare
“I want no man who hesitates,” Frank Stewart told his Panhandle stockmen when they had realized that they weren’t just rounding up some stolen steer...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Nashville tends to shun Kimes because he bucked the system. Some in the Western music genre...
Stories Behind the Song
During a recording project in Evergreen, Colorado, several years back, Jon Chandler approached a subject that had captivated him since childhood...
Stories Behind the Song
During a recording project in Evergreen, Colorado, several years back, Jon Chandler approached a subject that had captivated him since childhood...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Royal Wade Kimes was with buddy Garth Brooks and his dad. Ray Brooks pointed toward Kimes:...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Royal Wade Kimes was with buddy Garth Brooks and his dad. Ray Brooks pointed toward Kimes:...
Tom Horn Hits the Auction Block
The former Pinkerton detective and hired gunman hanged for the murder of a rancher’s 14-year-old son, Willie Nickell—a crime he confessed to in...
Preservation: Depot Heroes
Depot Heroes Pioneers participating in the Cherokee Land Run in 1893 settled along four town sites in the Oklahoma Territory: two Pond Creeks and...