On a hot July day in 1887, Mart “Old Man” Blevins left his ranch on Canyon Creek to look for some missing horses. When …
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How Were George Hearst’s Miners Paid?
In the June issue of True West, there are several photos of the mines and miners of George Hearst (pp. 20-25). How did …
War Clouds Gather The Graham's and the Tewksbury's in the Pleasant Valley War.
James Dunning “JD” Tewksbury and his four sons arrived in Pleasant Valley in 1879. Several years earlier Tewksbury had s…
Western Feuds The Pleasant Valley War, often called the Graham-Tewksbury feud wasn’t just between the two families...
Feuds in the Old West usually occurred in remote places where fighting flared when the law was unavailable, unable or un…
Stagecoach – The Legend At 80 John Ford and John Wayne’s classic Western film changed the course of cinema history.
Eighty years ago, director John Ford and screenwriter Dudley Nichols combined their talents, and those of star character…
The Real Johnny Tyler He did more than just stand there and bleed.
The movie Tombstone makes Johnny Tyler out to be a loud-mouthed, yellow-bellied slug who cowered before Doc Holliday and…
How Much Did Horses Get Shot in Real Life?
Horses rarely get shot in the Westerns, although they often go down when the rider is hit. What about in real life? Robe…
What Illness Did Jim Bowie Have Before the Alamo?
What illness did Jim Bowie have that confined him to a cot just before the final Mexican attack on the Alamo? Duff Hale …
Turn the Lights Out Feudist Sam Halsey met his match with Cap Light.
Sam Hasley was a troublemaker and had been since the Civil War. He had led a faction of feudists that roamed Texas’ Bell…
Tutt-Tutt The Tutt-Everett Feud had a tie to Wild Bill.
The Tutt-Everett War in Arkansas was a bad one. A political feud between Whigs and Democrats went violent between 1844 a…