22 Guns that Won the West!

22 Guns that Won the West!

The “Gun That Won the West” is a subject that many firearms and Old West aficionados love to discuss and debate. Was the so-called West-winning gun given this coveted title because of the great numbers in which it was produced, or for the work it accomplished? Or was...
The Lost Jesuit Treasures

The Lost Jesuit Treasures

The question comes up every so often about the Jesuits burying their hordes of gold before the King Carlos and the Spanish government expelled them in 1767. The great expulsion had nothing to do with the great work the Jesuits were doing in the New World but due to...
Epic Western Saga

Epic Western Saga

Higher Ground is the final installment of McKendree Long’s historical fiction trilogy featuring ex-Confederate soldiers “Dobey” Walls and Jimmy “Boss” Melton. A dogged search for evil wrongdoers takes them across the West, where they happen across the likes of Bat...
Bozeman’s Darkest Night

Bozeman’s Darkest Night

When the log battering ram crashed against the jailhouse door, the prisoners inside cowered against the far wall, screaming for help in a desperate hope that someone, somehow, would come and stop the mob. Their cries were in vain, for when the sun rose over Bozeman on...
Tunstall Ambushed

Tunstall Ambushed

February 18, 1878 Late afternoon light tips the tops of the foothills leading down into New Mexico Territory’s Ruidoso Valley. The Tunstall party crests a divide and starts down a narrow gorge leading down to the Ruidoso River—unaware that they are being pursued. The...