Who is Glendolene Myrtle Kimmell? She defends Tom Horn’s actions in a 1904 letter to the governor of Wyoming. John J. Tiffany II Lyme, Connecticut...
February 8, 1887 Long-Haired Jim Courtright strides into the White Elephant Saloon in Fort Worth, Texas, and has words with co-owner Jake Johnson....
December 17, 1881 Cowboy James Talbot gets word that his Texas pards are in a jam—again. Hitching a ride on a passing wagon, he and former Deputy...
Oftentimes, when older Westerns depict wagons or stagecoaches, only one set of wheel tracks are shown. Why is that? Troy Carlile Tulsa, Oklahoma It...
I once read a book that stated about 400 deaths in the Old West were due to gunfights. Is this figure correct? Michael J. Glaze Seattle, Washington...
Limiting ourselves to the American West and to the 1800s, what was the longest distance a herd was moved? Mike Franklin Poteet, Texas The longest...
A huge debate I have with my pards is whether or not Hickok used a sash as a gunbelt. Will you settle this for us? Dan George Fremont, New Hampshire...
What rodeo really holds the claim as the “World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo?” Dee Anne Jackson Gilbert, Arizona The West’s first rodeo was an...
When were numbers and letters put on playing cards? Bill Calloway Wilmington, Delaware I contacted an old friend, Dr. Lafitte, an expert on the...
April 30, 1884 A heavy spring thunder-shower sweeps across Main Street in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, as four riders splash up Kansas Avenue from the...
I read somewhere that Wyatt Earp married a Jewish woman. Did he ever convert to Judaism? W. Farner Fort Lauderdale, Florida It’s believed that Wyatt...
Can you tell me the name of the movie starring Clint Walker as Killer Caine? He played an old-time gunman who went to prison for killing a man; when...