On the Cheyenne Heritage Trail
Hmmm. Several years back, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department created the Cheyenne Heritage Trail, a 400-plus-mile route featuring 10 stops and two “drive-by” sites in western Oklahoma that played key roles in the history of the Southern Cheyenne Indians....
Black Warriors of the West
In the wake of the Civil War the American West offered perceived opportunities for nearly every element of society. So it came to be that some blacks banded together in groups to cross the Mississippi River as “exodusters” bent on establishing a new society in the...
Caught With His Pants Down?
July 14, 1881 As the lawmen creep toward the buildings, they hear voices. At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom “Kip” McKinney, ensconce them-selves within a peach orchard on the northern boundary of Fort Sumner, New Mexico. A full...
Caught With His Pants Down?
July 14, 1881 As the lawmen creep toward the buildings, they hear voices. At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom “Kip” McKinney, ensconce them-selves within a peach orchard on the northern boundary of Fort Sumner, New Mexico. A full...
True West July/August 2025
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