Can you please tell me what the phrase “I’m your huckleberry” means? Keith Wellington Kalkasa, Missouri According to the New Dictionary of...
Can you please tell me what the phrase “I’m your huckleberry” means?
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Inside History
Do you know the term “starve out,” and how widespread is its use?
Do you know the term “starve out,” and how widespread is its use? Nancy Coggeshall Reserve, New Mexico Ramon Adams in Western Words, calls it a...
I’m trying to locate a book called Early Spanish Treasure Signs and Symbols, by William Mahan, published in 1966.
I’m trying to locate a book called Early Spanish Treasure Signs and Symbols, by William Mahan, published in 1966. Sam Tunnell East Wenatchee,...
Why are sheriff’s badges almost always star-shaped?
Why are sheriff’s badges almost always star-shaped? Jane McKenna Spokane, Washington Primitive societies believed the star possessed magical...
What is the origin of the stripe down the trouser leg of military uniforms? Also, in the 1880s, soldiers wore dress helmets that resembled those worn in Germany. Why was that?
What is the origin of the stripe down the trouser leg of military uniforms? Also, in the 1880s, soldiers wore dress helmets that resembled those...
Buffalo Bill’s First Scalp for Custer
Cody, Carr, Collins and Townsend could hardly contain themselves. On a hot afternoon at Fort Laramie, Buffalo Bill was his customary dashing and...
Smoking Gun
Surprising new evidence has surfaced in the Wyatt Earp claim that he killed Curly Bill. Wells Fargo historian, Robert J. Chandler, accidentally...