How did Indians and whites treat half-breeds on the frontier? Junior W. Mayberry Oklahoma City, Oklahoma By and large, half-breeds who were...
How did Indians and whites treat half-breeds on the frontier?
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Inside History
What’s the story behind Earp’s Buntline Special?
In True West, Rock Island Auction advertised a “Rare, Historical Presentation Colt Single Action Army Buntline Revolver with Factory Inscription to...
A Hair-Raising Tale
The origins of scalping during warfare seem to originate hundreds, if not thousands of years ago in Europe and may have been practiced on this...
Naco Debacle
April 3, 1908 Arizona Ranger Jeff Kidder rides into Naco, Arizona, to renew his commission. Upon finding out that Capt. Harry Wheeler is chasing...
An Awful Time for Children
“My poor boy....God has called him home....It is hard, hard to have him die!” President Abraham Lincoln spoke these words shortly after he lost his...
Slaughter
June 7, 1888 Daybreak finds Cochise County Sheriff Texas John Slaughter, his deputy Burt Alvord, Tesana Lucerio and an unnamed hispanic posse member...
Did ID cards exist in the Old West?
On the Westerns Channel, I saw Clint Walker’s Cheyenne Bodie arrested for not having proper identification. Did ID cards exist in the Old West?...
How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way?
How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, ON, Canada Indians usually did not use saddles. Some of the ways...
Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas?
Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas? James Crawley Salem, Oregon Maybe. On July 26, 1878, at about three a.m., a...
What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?”
What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?” Alexander Durvin Jr. Fort Washington, Maryland “Hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy,...
I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction.
I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction; can you recommend nonfiction works about the trail driving era? Dave Bourne...
The Misery of Mining in the Old West
For many miners, the report of 34-year-old Dr. Anthony J. Lanza came a “day late and a dollar short.” Near the beginning of the last century, this...