How did “Killer” Jim Miller escape justice for so long? Duff Hale Midlothian, Texas Early on, “Killer” Jim Miller kept a public front as a solid...
How Did “Killer” Jim Miller Escape Justice For So Long?
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Hell on the Buffalo Range
Life on the buffalo range was hard, dangerous work, often accomplished in extreme heat or freezing conditions, sometimes under the watchful eye of...
Did The “Buntline Special” Gun Really Exist?
Did the “Buntline Special” gun really exist? Ralph G. Swanson Prescott, Arizona Western historians disagree over whether Wyatt Earp ever carried a...
A First for Custer Firearms
The “first firearm forensically proven to have been used” at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, as the auction catalog noted, hammered down for a...
The Tombstone Collector
Jim Melikian was window shopping. Normally, the 61-year-old Arizona businessman scoured auction catalogs for items he’s been collecting since he...
Whistle Stop Tour
As Nebraska gets ready to celebrate 150 years of statehood, you likely know these facts: it is the only state with a unicameral legislature;...
Almost Famous
On June 10, 1883, eight men walked into a large tent, the temporary photography studio of 26-year-old Charles A. Conkling in Dodge City, Kansas. The...
Who Was Joseph Walker?
Who was Joseph Walker? Jimmy Walker Tullahoma, Tennessee Joseph Rutherford Walker was one of America’s greatest Mountain Men, scouts and...
Classic Gunfights: To the Last Man
July 22, 1884 The fuse to one of the West’s most famous feuds is lit a month prior, when Tonto Basin cattleman James Stinson makes a secret pact...
Is The Time-Life Photo Of The James Gang Authentic?
Is the Time-Life photo of the James Gang authentic? I have found a photo that has all these men in it. Robert Friedel Beaufort, Missouri...
The Sideways Grip—Cool or Crazy?
Hollywood loves the catchy, visual “piece of business,” as moviemakers like to say. One thing that has caught on big-time with modern films, and in...
A Big Bang Year
Oliver Winchester introduced a legendary brand to the world in 1866, and in 2016, the 150th anniversary year of Winchester Repeating Arms, his brand...