“He is, in all, quite a handsome looking fellow.” That was the opinion of a newspaperman fortunate enough to obtain an interview with the notorious...
Billy the Tintype
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Features & Gunfights
The Most Dangerous Street in America
The Lincoln County War was exceptionally violent, and much of that violence occurred in the small town of Lincoln, New Mexico. But murder and mayhem...
Edgar Rice Burroughs Hunted the Apache Kid
Dateline: Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, Saturday, May 23, 1896. Edgar Rice Burroughs, age 20, arrived here today to begin a harrowing ten-month...
Get Your Kicks!
In 1927, the first Route 66 signs were posted from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and the legend of the “Mother Road” began. The...
Canyon Springs Ambush
September 26, 1878 The Monitor stage rolls out of Deadwood at seven in the morning. On the box is “Big Gene” Barnett handling the ribbons and next...
Deadwood Déjà Vu
"It’s Doc Cochran’s office—I’m sure of it! And there’s the Bella Union!” Over a decade after HBO’s Deadwood had left the air, fans attending the...
Calamity Jane: The Devil in Buckskins
The year 1876 proved the turning point in Calamity Jane Canary’s career. It began with two quick trips to the Black Hills with Gen. George Crook and...
Deadwood’s Al Swearingen
The night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day shall fold up their tents… and…silently steal away. Such is the case when...
Bullock: No Bull
Seth Bullock. The name is pretty much synonymous with Deadwood and law enforcement. You can picture him in your mind—or at least, you can see actor...
Who Was The Real George Hearst?
As students of both broadcast entertainment and Western history should be aware, there are two George Hearsts, and the contrast between them could...
Don’t Shoot Anymore. I Am Dead.
On May 17, 1853, the legislature passed an act creating the California Rangers, with Harry Love as their captain, and Governor John Bigler signed it...
Born Again!
Allan Affeldt knows what it takes to restore a historical hotel or saloon. We’re inside the Legal Tender Saloon, Bistro and Music Hall, a historic...