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Features & Gunfights
Dying Doc, Withered Wyatt?
By 1887, Doc Holliday was in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, taking in the healing waters, trying to nurse his lungs that had been ravaged by...
Doc Holliday’s Racist Killing?
Scratch the reputation of a legendary killer of the Old West, and you’ll find a layer of myth. Scratch that layer, and you’ll likely find another...
The 125th Anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
“Boys, you have got to give up your arms.” If the McLaurys and Clantons had heeded Sheriff Johnny Behan’s request, October 26, 1881, would have been...
Gunfighter in Gotham
In the early 1900s, Bat Masterson left the wilds of the West for the bright lights of New York. But the Wild West spirit never really left him....
The International O.K. Corral
The shots heard ’round the world ... the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.” Those shots still reverberate today in the world of politics, sports and gun...
The Billy Buff War
Billy the Kid’s legend has hovered over the landscape of the American West for 125 years, a Hindenburg of hype and fantasy, always there to nourish...
Oklahoma’s 101 Ranch
In 1879, Col. George Washington Miller with son, Joe, then age 11, rode across the...
Reno Gang Miffed by Train Takeover
They say there’s honor among thieves. That may or not be so. But Walker Hammond and Michael Colleran learned the hard way that there are outlaw...
Buffalo Bill’s Columbus Adventure
In May 1883, the population of the small frontier town Columbus, Nebraska, swelled by 73 people when several passenger cars and six boxcars of...
The West’s Greatest Chiefs
They were the leaders of the Indians, whether they conducted war with their traditional enemies, resisted the European invasion, practiced spiritual...
Buffalo Bill’s Columbus Adventure
In May 1883, the population of the small frontier town Columbus, Nebraska, swelled by 73 people when several passenger cars and six boxcars of...