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? Rick Austin East...
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? Gerald Saunders Baie Verte, Newfoundland, Canada You have to...
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? 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? 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? Rick Austin East...
August 22, 1891 Deputy Ed Short has learned that the ill man lodging at the Rock Island Railroad hotel in Hennessey, Oklahoma, is none other than...
Louis L’Amour was supposedly creating a Western town, Shalako, similar to those he wrote about. Did he get it done? James Denney Sedalia,...
Most accounts of the O.K. Corral gunfight estimate that about 30 shots were fired over 25-30 seconds. Is that possible? Dave Cuddeby Phoenix,...
I’ve heard of a “Day of the Cowboy,” but is there a “Day of the Native American?” Harvey Scott Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Actually, there is....