Gary L. Roberts, Doc Holliday Biographer An emeritus professor of history at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, Gary Roberts...
What History Has Taught Me: Gary L. Roberts
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What History Has Taught Me: Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer
Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer Rex Allen Jr., son of the “last singing cowboy,” is retiring this year; his “Sunrise to Sunset” tour will conclude...
What History Has Taught Me: Drew Gomber, History Buff
For 15 years, Drew Gomber led tourists on tours of historic Lincoln and Lincoln County in New Mexico, helping them walk in the footsteps of Billy...
What History Has Taught Me: Ron Hansen, Author
Growing up in Omaha, Ron Hansen found the Old West present in Nebraska’s cornfields, wilderness and railroad tracks full of empty boxcars. Following...
What History Has Taught Me
Born in Oakland, California, John McEuen is a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which is currently on a 50th anniversary tour. McEuen’s...
What History Has Taught Me
Award-winning author Craig Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, with his wife, Judy, spoke with True West at this year’s Western Writers of...
What History Has Taught Me
The father of six kids, Don Collier is well known as a Westerns actor. He broke into the genre in 1948, graduating from an extra in Massacre River...
Tom Van Dyke
History has taught me it’s never too late to ride a fresh horse. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company when he was 40 years old. I fell in love...
Hometown Visionaries
The “Wizard of Oz” taught that you don’t have to go far from home to find your dream. Donna and John Sickles know what that means, and Saint Jo,...
Remembering D.L. Birchfield
The world of Western literature lost a treasured voice in the early morning hours of September 7, when D.L. Birchfield, Choctaw satirist and...
Larry Winget
Most people think you can happy your way to success or think your way to success or that having a positive attitude is all that it takes to be...
Singing for His Supper
Cy Scarborough’s heart never was in the “Natural State,” even though he was born and raised in Arkansas 85 years ago. “As a kid, I dreamed of going...