Cherokee Bill
Cherokee Bill can be compared to John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd of the 1930s. Like these men, he garnered national press for his exploits; the well-known New York Times had a running commentary on his actions and deeds in the Indian Territory. Cherokee Bill was...
Blind Pig Bonanza
Infamous Tammany Hall Democratic boss of New York George Washington Plunkitt is famous for saying “I seen my opportunities and I took ’em.” After finishing Don Chaput and David D. De Haas’s The Earps Invade Southern California: Bootlegging Los Angeles, Santa Monica,...
Go West!
On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1805, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery settled into Fort Clatsop. They would spend their final winter encampment a few short miles from the Pacific Ocean and the mouth of the Columbia River before returning east to St. Louis...
How Many Men Did Jesse James Kill Trying to count Jesse’s kill total isn’t really possible.
A question came in a few days ago from a reader wanting to know how many men did Jesse kill? Trying to count Jesse’s kill total during the war – it isn’t really possible. He joined the guerrillas in early 1864. Not long after joining, Jesse was wounded and out of...
True West January/February 2025
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