Robert M. Utley October 31, 1929 - June 7, 2022 A former student’s personal tribute remembers a great historian, mentor and friend. Robert M....
Robert M. Utley
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Features & Gunfights
Ridin’ the Rails
Historic Train Excursions Coast to Coast From North Carolina to California, Montana to Texas, “ridin’ the rails” is reminiscent of days gone by,...
Riding for the Guidon
U.S. Cavalry School at Little Bighorn Battlefield is a real-life history lesson. I stood on the banks of the Little Bighorn River at Medicine Tail...
The Return of Crazy Horse
The Tale of the Empty Chamber
Billy the Kid vs. Joe Grant - An Eyewitness Revelation January 10, 1880 Bob Hargrove’s saloon in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is packed with...
Hickok’s Twist of Fate
Wild Bill’s 1870 drunken brawl with Custer’s troopers is as legendary as the man of many names he killed. On July 17, 1870, Wild Bill Hickok...
A Hero’s Journey from War to Peace
The federal government’s betrayal of Army Scout Chato is still a stain on American history. In 1934 Chato, well into his 80s, a shiny silver medal...
Crazy Horse’s Final Vision
The prophetic Lakota leader’s final days still haunt us today. There were too many tongues. Crazy Horse sought quiet on solitary walks on the...
Darlings of the Rodeo
Naughty or Nice. Daringly dressed in voluminous bloomers or divided skirts, with boots and big hats, cowgirls first galloped into American arenas...
Battle of the Plaza
Bat Masterson vs. Peacock & Updegraff Things Go Lickety-Bang! Bullets Careen into the Long Branch Traveling mostly by rail, Bat Masterson...
The West’s Worst Shootout
The tragedy at Goingsnake left 11 men dead—and a lot of questions. Ezekiel Proctor was a Cherokee and proud of it. “Zeke” had walked...
Bat Masterson
The deadly and dangerous life of the man who invented Wyatt Earp. Thanks to a 1960s television show starring Gene Barry, Bat Masterson was called a...