November 16 dawned warm and sunny in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, in 1907. Citizens of the Twin Territories had been traveling for days to get to...
Birth of a State
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Birth of a State
November 16 dawned warm and sunny in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, in 1907. Citizens of the Twin Territories had been traveling for days to get to...
Dreamscape Desperado
"Billy the Kid just keeps riding across the dreamscape of our minds-silhouetted against a starlit Western sky, handsome, laughing, deadly." When I...
A Tale of Two Governors…
One put him under the ground, the other tried to pull him up, and both left him out to dry. Despite Billy the Kid’s best efforts, and those of his...
Dreamscape Desperado
"Billy the Kid just keeps riding across the dreamscape of our minds-silhouetted against a starlit Western sky, handsome, laughing, deadly." When I...
A Tale of Two Governors…
One put him under the ground, the other tried to pull him up, and both left him out to dry. Despite Billy the Kid’s best efforts, and those of his...
Those Aren’t Russian Cossacks!
“This is not a circus but an ethnographical exhibition; the people of various nations clad in their national outfit and ammunition enact...
Robbing the Yankees
The year was 1871, and the infamous James-Younger Gang was looking for some new revenue sources. The boys had pretty much stuck to targets in their...
Robbing the Yankees
The year was 1871, and the infamous James-Younger Gang was looking for some new revenue sources. The boys had pretty much stuck to targets in their...
Those Aren’t Russian Cossacks!
“This is not a circus but an ethnographical exhibition; the people of various nations clad in their national outfit and ammunition enact...
Ten Events that Shaped the West
The men and women of the Old West are among the most cherished figures in Americana—the symbols of the making of a country and of hard work, honest...
Fiddling with History
David Crockett wore many hats during his lifetime (1786-1836) beside his trademark coonskin. He is remembered as a farmer, hunter, volunteer...