Did Old West folks wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from the sun? David Fuller Storrs, Connecticut Not usually, sunglasses weren’t readily...
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Did Old West folks wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from the sun? David Fuller Storrs, Connecticut Not usually, sunglasses weren’t readily...
Did 19th-century U.S. soldiers carry military ID cards, or their equivalent, as all military personnel do now? James Rowley Laingsburg, Michigan ID...
What are the odds that an Old West cowboy would get into a gunfight? Mike Franklin Poteet, Texas Not high. Cowboys mostly spent their time “keeping...
October 28, 1884 While visiting Upper Frisco Plaza in western Socorro County, New Mexico, 19-year-old Elfego Baca is asked to arrest a drunken...
You could call the visit a “belated family reunion.” Five members of a proper English family gathered in a New Mexico canyon in July 2010 on an...
In mid-January, the high country was covered with snow, three feet in places. Frontier docs like Elijah Baines had seen similar cases, but not as...
What does “kack” refer to? Stan Hutchison Sturgis, South Dakota Cowboy linguist Ramon Adams said it was slang for a saddle. It’s also spelled kak....
Who is the namesake of Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona? Erica Moore Mesa, Arizona John B. Allen is considered one of the founders of Tombstone....
Did most Old West saloons have swinging doors? Anthony Clum Quincy, Florida Many, perhaps most, Old West saloons did not have swinging doors....
Were the Yaqui Indians the most fearsome warrior tribe? Ted Mulligan Massapequa, New York Maybe not the most fearsome, as the Comanche, Lakota,...
As the historical interpreter for the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in San Antonio, I portray Wild Bill Hickok for the visitors. Were his 1851 Navy...
I recently read Larry McMurtry’s Streets of Laredo, which frequently mentions an eight-gauge shotgun. What can you tell me about that weapon? Jeff...