Jonathan Smith Rodenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany An outlaw who rode with Robert “Butch Cassidy” Parker and Harry “Sundance Kid” Longabaugh, Kid...
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Western Events for July 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOW Imaging the American West: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
In Mary Doria Russell’s Doc, the dentist treats Wyatt Earp who is missing two front teeth. Is that true?
Steve Barringer Phoenix, Arizona Back then, nearly everyone had rotten teeth. Many cowboys had teeth stained by tobacco and coffee. That’s why...
Crown Jewel of the Big Horns
John Loucks fought the Sioux during their 1862 uprising in the Dakotas. Twenty years later, he platted out his vision for a town on a piece of...
Buffalo Soldier Grub
Buffalo soldiers, officially organized in 1866, were an important part of settling the West. They served in various all-black regiments. Benjamin...
Following Elfego Baca
Who is New Mexico’s most famous lawman? Don Bullis says it depends on whom you ask. Put that question to an Anglo, and—no surprise—the common answer...
Where did “snake oil” originate?
Where did “snake oil” originate? Robert Tignor Independence, Missouri “Snake oil” comes from 19th-century Chinese railroad workers who used medicine...
Hickok’s Number One
In 1866 Westerner wrote, “The new arm of the west, called a Smith-and-Weston [sic], is a pretty tool; as neat a machine for throwing slugs into a...
November/December 2011 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas Ball Oklahoma City, OK, December 16:...