What books on frontier horses would you recommend? Koen Kop Berlin, Germany I highly recommend books by Will James, incl…
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Ziegfield and Buffalo Bill It was another of Flo Ziegfeld’s tall tales.
The other day a True West reader mentioned that he’d read a story concerning claiming Buffalo Bill, hired a young trick …
Reel or Real Frontier Fare Another helping for Hoss.
If you’re reading this then you’ve likely seen a Western. So, does the food on the big screen compare to the real West?…
The Real Buffalo Hump Buffalo Hump actually took the towns, something rare in the annals of the Indian Wars.
Most are familiar with Buffalo Hump in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. He was a fictional character but there really was…
A Short and Not-So-Sweet Career Oliver Yantis’ ride on the outlaw trail wasn’t very smooth.
Oliver Yantis was not the most successful outlaw. He was one of the first members of the Bill Doolin Gang. Just a week…
A Laughing Matter? Outlaw Rube Burrow had fun when he was captured.
Being captured didn’t faze train robber Rube Burrow. On October 9, 1890 he was grabbed by two black men, Jesse Hildreth…
Six Guns Along the Mexican Border Curly Bill Brocius figured prominently in the outlawry along the Mexican border in the early 1880s.
Curly Bill Brocius figured prominently in the outlawry along the Mexican border in the early 1880s. He was personally r…
What Can You Tell Me About Living with Consumption in the Old West Era?
What can you tell me about living with consumption in the Old West era? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Consumption is an…
Death by Association Charles Cooper shouldn’t have seen a gunfight.
For Charles Cooper, being a friend of Chunk Colbert didn’t turn out well. The two were eating with Clay Allison at Cima…
Maurice Kildare and the 1883 Bisbee Massacre Physical evidence including an expensive gold watch and chain linked the men to the crime.
Several years ago, I read an article written by Maurice Kildare about the Bisbee Massacre in which he stated that the me…