UPDATES: The Lone Bandit and Shalako We received some feedback about our June 2007 ATM column: Writing in about the cowboy on horseback who robbed a...
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Inside History
Silver City Shoot-Out
March 10, 1884 After an exercise break, prisoners Frank Taggart, Mitch Lee and Kit Joy overpower two guards at the jail in Silver City, New Mexico,...
Silver City Shoot-Out
March 10, 1884 After an exercise break, prisoners Frank Taggart, Mitch Lee and Kit Joy overpower two guards at the jail in Silver City, New Mexico,...
In 1969’s Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, are the characters Joe LeFors and Lord Baltimore based on real people?
In 1969’s Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, are the characters Joe LeFors and Lord Baltimore based on real people? Stace Webb Wenatchee,...
Did cowboys in the Old West really wear that much clothes, even on sunny days?
Did cowboys in the Old West really wear that much clothes, even on sunny days? Gerald Saunders Baie Verte, Newfoundland, Canada You have to...
Where is Wyatt Earp’s second “wife,” Mattie Blaylock, buried?
Where is Wyatt Earp’s second “wife,” Mattie Blaylock, buried? John Crawley Salem, Oregon Mattie’s body lies in the historic Pinal City Cemetery near...
What’s the difference between an Old West marshal and a sheriff?
What’s the difference between an Old West marshal and a sheriff? Scott Gano Lake Orion, Michigan Generally speaking, U.S. marshals and their...
Why do so many Westerns show bacon and beans as the campfire meal? And how did the characters cook the beans so fast?
Why do so many Westerns show bacon and beans as the campfire meal? And how did the characters cook the beans so fast? John Howard Topeka, Kansas...
Did Bat Masterson actually have to use a cane after being shot by Sgt. Melvin King in 1876, or is this just part of the legend?
Did Bat Masterson actually have to use a cane after being shot by Sgt. Melvin King in 1876, or is this just part of the legend? Rick Austin East...
In 1969’s Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, are the characters Joe LeFors and Lord Baltimore based on real people?
In 1969’s Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, are the characters Joe LeFors and Lord Baltimore based on real people? Stace Webb Wenatchee,...
Did cowboys in the Old West really wear that much clothes, even on sunny days?
Did cowboys in the Old West really wear that much clothes, even on sunny days? Gerald Saunders Baie Verte, Newfoundland, Canada You have to...
Where is Wyatt Earp’s second “wife,” Mattie Blaylock, buried?
Where is Wyatt Earp’s second “wife,” Mattie Blaylock, buried? John Crawley Salem, Oregon Mattie’s body lies in the historic Pinal City Cemetery near...