Death and Doomed Men My own fascination with the Last Stand known as the Alamo began when, as a kid, I saw Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and movies...
Remembering the Alamo
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Features & Gunfights
Tribal Radio
In this age of digital satellite downlinks, online streaming, and high-tech communications systems, Indian Country is making the most of a...
Rotting Face
In April 1837, the steamboat St. Peter’s left St. Louis and headed up the Missouri River to deliver supplies to the trading posts of Pratte,...
Orlando “Rube” Robbins
Ask most Americans to name a few intrepid lawmen from the nineteenth century, and they are almost certain to list Wild Bill Hickok, Bat Masterson...
Arikara Toll Gate
It was in March of 1822 that the now-famous advertisement appeared in the Missouri Republican: TO ENTERPRISING YOUNG MEN. The subscriber wishes to...
Justice Comes To Nevada
When you think of the far West before statehood, you tend to equate justice with “hemp justice,” Judge Lynch; vigilante stringing up outlaws on the...
Doc Holliday’s Last Days
Thirty seconds of withering gunfire raised John Henry “Doc” Holliday from frontier gambler to gunfighter immortal. Yet it was in a quiet little...
The Leadville Years
Leadville, Colorado, was the last place Doc Holliday needed to be the summer of 1882—its climate was deadly for a man suffering from tuberculosis;...
The Split
Almost five years had passed since the gas-lit world of saloons and gambling halls brought Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday together in Texas. They...
Friends and Enemies
Dan Tipton and the Earp Vendetta Posse By Peter Brand Daniel Tipton’s name is not well known in the annals of the West. His character has never been...
Painting Doc’s Personality
GOLDEN TALES FROM THE TRUE WEST STRONGBOX A classic from our January-February, 1960 issue DOC HOLLIDAY was one of the truly fascinating...
Looking for Doc in Dallas
Imagine sitting at the dentist, getting a routine check up, when suddenly the doctor coughs in your face—and again, several times during the...