The Lone Star Myth of John Ringo
His time in Texas was not what it’s been cracked up to be. In August 19, 1875, a rider—or maybe riders—approached the Bader ranch in Mason County, Texas. He went out to the fields, where Karl “Charlie” Bader was working the land. Exactly what happened is not known,...
Bloody Bill
William Anderson has been called “The Bloodiest Man in the Civil War.” His bushwhackers were bands of soldiers that didn’t belong to an organized military force. They conducted one brutal raid after another, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. No quarter given by either...
Bringing out the Big Guns
The first time the army used howitzers against Indians In 1862, a Union army force was making its way across Arizona Territory. They had entered Apache Pass (south of present day Willcox) when they were attacked by some 500 Apache warriors. The soldiers were badly...
A Merry Christmas at Ft. Yuma
The workhorse among the Army’s Corps of Topographical Engineers surveying the southern border of the New Mexico Territory during the 1850’s was Lt. Amiel Weeks Whipple. He was the steady and sure wheelhorse of J. R. Bartlett’s and Major William Emory’s boundary...
True West January/February 2025
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