A few years back, we visited a Kansas site called “Little House on the Prairie.” Did Laura Ingalls and family really live there? Donald Cole...
A few years back, we visited a Kansas site called “Little House on the Prairie.”
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What does the word “tinhorn” mean?
What does the word “tinhorn” mean? Bob and Kay Sharp Hawkins, Texas “Tinhorn” referred to an unscrupulous, unskilled, self-important or low-class...
What does the word “tinhorn” mean?
What does the word “tinhorn” mean? Bob and Kay Sharp Hawkins, Texas “Tinhorn” referred to an unscrupulous, unskilled, self-important or low-class...
What can you share about Judge Roy Bean?
I’m writing a fictional work on Judge Roy Bean. What do you know about him? Pierre O’Rourke Scottsdale, Arizona My father grew up in the judge’s...
What can you share about Judge Roy Bean?
I’m writing a fictional work on Judge Roy Bean. What do you know about him? Pierre O’Rourke Scottsdale, Arizona My father grew up in the judge’s...
Did trail drives ever intersect?
Did trail drive bosses have an understanding that no two drives left at the same time? And did trail drives ever intersect and cause a problem as to...
Did trail drives ever intersect?
Did trail drive bosses have an understanding that no two drives left at the same time? And did trail drives ever intersect and cause a problem as to...
Where did the term “chuckwagon” come from?
Where did the term "chuckwagon" come from? Michael Knapp Somers, Montana Some say the term came from Charles (“Chuck”) Goodnight, who supposedly...
Where did the term “chuckwagon” come from?
Where did the term "chuckwagon" come from? Michael Knapp Somers, Montana Some say the term came from Charles (“Chuck”) Goodnight, who supposedly...
Wichita Whore War
October 27, 1873 Big Red Beard is deep in his cups as he goes to his room in the back of his saloon in Delano, Kansas, and returns with his...
Why does Virgil Earp get so little credit as an Old West lawman?
Why does Virgil Earp get so little credit as an Old West lawman, and his brother Wyatt get so much? Stuart Dukes Sittingbourne, Kent, UK Virgil was...
Are tumbleweeds not native to America?
I’ve heard that tumbleweeds are not native to this country. Is that correct? Richard Rodriguez Granton, Wisconsin You’re right on target. The...