Not long after his graduation from West Point, Lt. George M. Wheeler became an assistant survey engineer in the San Fran…
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The Tombstone Doctor
Dr. George Goodfellow is best known as the physician who treated Morgan and Virgil Earp after the OK Corral gunfight. H…
Frontier Dentistry
I’ve often said “The good old days really weren’t all that good.” Professor Joanna Bourke wrote “Agonizing toothache, ho…
What Did Photographers Use Before Flash Powder was Invented?
What did photographers use before flash powder was invented? Allen Fossenkemper – Fountain Hills, Arizona. Around 1836, …
Buffalo Bill & His “Blood-Thirsty” Indians The hardest-fighting tribe of the American West devoured European audiences alive...with eloquence and wit!
“Heap-big Injun likum Paris?” asked The New York Times reporter. Chief Daniel Black Horn replied, “I think it migh…
Was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a Crook?
Was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a crook? Rocky Strong – Sherman, Texas. Behan was certainly a glad-handing, backsl…
The Lawful Breed Joseph Hardin Clements, cousin to a notorious gunfighter, looked tough, but preferred peace.
Few are aware of notorious gunfighter John Wesley Hardin’s first cousins, the Clements brothers. Of those four, the best…
Dressed To Kill Buffalo Bill Vs Yellow Hair
A mere two weeks have passed since the 5th Cavalry learned of George Custer’s devastating defeat at the Battle of the Li…
The Bald Knobbers
The Bald Knobbers were a pro-Union vigilante group that emerged in the southwest region of Missouri in the 1880s. The a…
What History Has Taught Me: Cheryl Rogers Barnett
After her mother died shortly after giving birth to Roy “Dusty” Jr., Cheryl found a mom in actress Dale Evans and became…