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The Doctor Was a Woman

The Doctor Was a Woman

by | Feb 21, 2024 | Features & Gunfights

With her black bag in hand, Dr. Sofie Herzog broke all barriers as a female frontier physician in Texas.   The gunshot victim occupying a room in Dr. Sofie Herzog’s office winced in pain while struggling to remain still. His discomfort was not entirely due to the...
Lonestar Destiny

Lonestar Destiny

by | Feb 21, 2024 | Features & Gunfights

Two years before the fateful Battle of the Alamo, the storm clouds—and leaders—of a revolution gathered across Texas. Things looked up for William Barret Travis in the early months of 1834. The 24-year-old attorney had just set up his law practice in the town of San...
From Hero to Outlaw

From Hero to Outlaw

by | Feb 20, 2024 | Inside History, Investigating History

It took John Joel Glanton a year to hit bottom. The name John Joel Glanton probably doesn’t ring a bell. But in the 1840s into 1850, he made an impact that reached into two countries and affected Mexicans, Americans and Indians alike. The South Carolina native was...
Best of the West: Western Movies

Best of the West: Western Movies

by | Dec 7, 2023 | Western Books & Movies

Everybody’s West: 2024 will be remembered as a bellwether year for diversity in Western film productions and subject matter. “Compared to the 20th century, where there was a bottlenecking [of] history into one particular pathway, in the 21st century, there are so many...