What is the meaning of “I’m your huckleberry,” said by Doc Holliday in the 1993 movie Tombstone? Pat Schroeder Lander, Wyoming It was a...
What is the meaning of “I’m your huckleberry,” said by Doc Holliday in the 1993 movie Tombstone?
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In the opening scene of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the title character says, “Stand and deliver!“ That phrase seems appropriate for the previous century, not an 1800s stagecoach robber. What do you think?
In the opening scene of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the title character says, “Stand and deliver!“ That phrase seems appropriate for the...
What can you tell me about the LeMat revolver?
What can you tell me about the LeMat revolver? Bob Fuller Vermillion, South Dakota The fearsome-looking weapon was used in several movies and...
On the frontier, did people break as much glass as we see in Western films?
On the frontier, did people break as much glass as we see in Western films? Sam Browder Kingsport, Tennessee Our fearless leader Bob Boze Bell says,...
A fair amount is known about Doc Holliday’s girlfriend, Big Nose Kate, yet is anything known about her younger sister?
A fair amount is known about Doc Holliday’s girlfriend, Big Nose Kate, yet is anything known about her younger sister? Allen Fossenkemper Fountain...
O.K. Aftermath
October 26, 1881 First of all, it didn’t happen in the O.K. Corral. The fight happened down the street from the rear entrance to the O.K. Corral, in...
Butch Cassidy Wannabe
Butch Cassidy is dead. William T. Phillips is dead. Yet the legend that the two men were one and the same still has not given up the ghost, despite...
Butch & Sundance—and Rolla
The old Bob Seger song claimed that Rock ‘n’ Roll never forgets. History does, all too often. Take the case of Clement Rolla Glass, who died too...
Not-So-True True Grit
Four riders surrounded the Texas Ranger, LaBoeuf (Matt Damon). Suddenly, the horseman on the Ranger’s left threw a lasso over his shoulders and...
In one C.S. Fly photograph, Geronimo holds two long sticks in his left hand. Would these be tamping rods for the rifle he’s holding?
In one C.S. Fly photograph, Geronimo holds two long sticks in his left hand. Would these be tamping rods for the rifle he’s holding? Lanny Tucker...
I own an Old West poker chip with the imprint of a crescent and star. Is it true that was the mark for the Acme Saloon in El Paso, where John Wesley Hardin was killed?
I own an Old West poker chip with the imprint of a crescent and star. Is it true that was the mark for the Acme Saloon in El Paso, where John Wesley...
Why is Arizona’s Zane Grey Highway also called the General Crook Trail?
Why is Arizona’s Zane Grey Highway also called the General Crook Trail? Angela Young Phoenix, Arizona Rim County historian Jayne Peace Pyle says...