I frequently see movie cowboys pulling another horse, mule or other pack animal by holding a rope tied to their saddle horn. Is that accurate? Jay...
When did belt loops become common? Steve Prescott Watauga, Texas Not all historians agree on the timing. Bob Charnes, owner of Arizona...
How did the Mountain Men cook beaver tails? Vaughn Cosand Flagstaff, Arizona While the main diet of the Mountain Man was meat, it usually wasn’t...
On vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota, a stiff President Calvin Coolidge cut a comical figure, wearing cowboy boots and a 10-gallon hat, as...
In his 1910 treatise, Medical Education in the United States and Canada, Mr. Abraham Flexner reported the following startling words to the Carnegie...
July 19, 1878 Sam Bass has a bold plan. He and his outlaw band will case the bank in Round Rock, Texas, one more time and then strike tomorrow, a...
Why do we have so few photos of Tombstone from the Fly studio? Supposedly, C.S. Fly and his wife took thousands of shots during their time in...
Why do cowboys always mount the horse from the left side? Oscar Trusty Alexandria, Louisiana The custom of mounting a horse from the left side dates...
Do you know anything about lawman Commodore Perry Owens and his missing loot? I read about it in a 1978 issue of Lost Treasure magazine. Darin Lee...
In many Westerns, the women have long hair or long hair pulled back in a bun. Was that the fashion of the day? Sydna Lefebvre Tacoma, Washington...
I’ve been watching the miniseries Comanche Moon, which features an Indian attack on a town. Did that ever really happen? John Redshaw, True West...
In a six-team stagecoach you had the leaders (front two animals) and the wheelers (ones closest to the coach). Do you know what the middle team of...