Death Rides a White-Faced Horse
May 19, 1881 Curly Bill Brocius is holding court in Galeyville, Arizona, with his cow-boy cohorts. Jim Wallace, a veteran of the Lincoln County War, rides up on a chestnut horse with a white-striped face, dismounts and joins Brocius and friends on the porch of a...
Building on Faith
Jesus Christ immigrated to the West, too, but you could read 100 history books and never know that. It’s impossible to talk honestly about the settlement of the West without talking about religion, but historians sure have tried. Credit has been given to trappers,...
From Chicken Doctor to Cowboy Chronicler
This year, Dusty Richards will see his 67th book published, some under his own name, many others under a bevy of pseudonyms. He has also written 60 short stories, hundreds of articles and let’s not forget all his book reports. After all, those reports from his...
Down Mexico Way
At 4:20 a.m. on March 9, 1916, the United States was invaded for the first time since the British sacked Washington during the War of 1812. The invasion was caused by a grudge and a subsequent desire to avenge an imagined betrayal. The invader, Pancho Villa, was one...
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