In the basement photo gallery of Tombstone’s Bird Cage Theatre there is a photograph claiming to be “the only known photo of Curly Bill.” Indeed,...
My father used to tell us about a fight between the Everetts and Tutts in Yellville, Arkansas. Was there a feud? D.W. Everett Freeland, Wyoming...
Something we never see in the movies is how people dealt with the delicate subject of wiping their bottoms. What can you tell us about the...
The photo in the Feb/March 2003 Ask the Marshall is well-known. I could never understand the “cap” the bartender is wearing. Any ideas on this?...
Lon Butherous Via the Internet As far as anyone knows, Wyatt was never recorded on cinematic film. The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp...
Tom Shepard El Monte, California Dave Tutt and Wild Bill were, according to many accounts, 75 yards apart; however, Hickok expert Joseph Rosa, in...
David M. Peacock Montello, Wisconsin Shoes for oxen come in two halves and were wider than mule shoes. They were more difficult to put on because...
Paul Gordon St. Thomas, Ontario The mule of choice was the big Missouri Mule, known far and wide for its intelligence and stamina. I’m told the army...
Stace Webb Via the Internet Agnes Morley Cleveland wrote No Life for a Lady, which is about her experiences on a ranch in New Mexico. Mary Kidder...
Dave Hayhurst Moline, Illinois Maulda Branscomb stood over six feet tall and weighed 230 lbs. Once you saw her, you never forgot her. Maulda sang,...
You probably didn’t know. • The idea behind a relay mail service didn’t originate with the Pony Express; it was first proposed in 13th-century...
April 4, 1878 Riding 13-strong, the Regulators rein in at Blazer’s Mill on the Mescalero Apache reservation. After drawing the short straw,...