The Chisholm Trail
150 Years of Trail History The Texas cattle-trailing industry lasted only fifty years. From Texas statehood in 1846 until 1897, Texas drovers trailed over 12 million longhorns out of their state to mining camps, to Confederate enclaves, to railheads, to northern...
The Oklahoma Invader
In 1880, Capt. David L. Payne and the boomers began entering Indian Territory with the hope of establishing permanent homes. Payne was a veteran of the Kansas Infantry during the Civil War, a scout under Gen. Philip Sheridan during the Indian campaigns in the late...
Building Your Western Library
U.S. Army Colonel Thom Nicholson and his wife retired to Highland Ranch, Colorado. He was born in Missouri and raised around Fort Smith, Arkansas. After obtaining a Nuclear Engineering degree from the Missouri School of Mines, he joined the U.S. Army and as a green...
On the Hunt for Buffalo Bill
The flowing locks and broad brimmed hat as William F. Cody cantered up on his horse made him “[look] like a picture of a cavalier of olden times” when the 4th Earl of Dunraven first met the scout. A picture of that picturesque character earned the top bid at Cowan’s...
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