How did Kit Carson die? Mike Suhy — Corpus Christi, Texas. A hard life on the frontier took a toll on Kit Carson’s health, which began to decline in...
How Did Kit Carson Die?
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What Type of Poker was Popular in the Old West?
What type of poker was popular in the Old West? Douglas E. Meyer – Wichita, Kansas. In those days, poker was a simpler game, and almost all of its...
Canyons, Chasms and Cataracts
Not long after his graduation from West Point, Lt. George M. Wheeler became an assistant survey engineer in the San Francisco area. Promoted to...
What Did Photographers Use Before Flash Powder was Invented?
What did photographers use before flash powder was invented? Allen Fossenkemper – Fountain Hills, Arizona. Around 1836, photographers burned lime to...
Civil War on the Western Frontier
Lawrence, Kansas was founded in the 1850’s as the state’s center of resistance to the expansion of slavery. And it paid the price. Targeted,...
Was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a Crook?
Was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a crook? Rocky Strong – Sherman, Texas. Behan was certainly a glad-handing, backslapping, joke-telling...
The Lawful Breed
Few are aware of notorious gunfighter John Wesley Hardin’s first cousins, the Clements brothers. Of those four, the best known was Emanuel (Mannen),...
Dressed To Kill
A mere two weeks have passed since the 5th Cavalry learned of George Custer’s devastating defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Some 350...
What History Has Taught Me: Cheryl Rogers Barnett
After her mother died shortly after giving birth to Roy “Dusty” Jr., Cheryl found a mom in actress Dale Evans and became the second oldest of nine...
Armchair Gun Show
How would you like to go to a gun show with me without getting out of your comfortable seat? In recent months, there have been some colorful and...
Queen of the Kansas Cowtowns
Dwight Eisenhower enjoyed sitting on his porch listening to old men tell stories about a famous town marshal they knew named Wild Bill Hickok. As a...
Saved by YouTube
"Grandma, you can find anything on YouTube,” Erin Ghedi’s 17-year-old granddaughter, Gabby, told her four years ago. What Erin and her husband, Jim,...