Targeting Equality
One hundred and 50 years ago, radical Republicans led the charge to create opportunities for blacks when, for the first time, they opened the ranks of the regular U.S. Army, which, prior to 1866, had been the exclusive domain of whites. Acting on a variety of...
Redford’s Summer Surprise
A documentary series on our nation’s frontier history airs this summer and, yes, it too focuses on legendary characters Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse, George Custer, Sitting Bull and Wyatt Earp. We will forgive you for rolling your eyes. AMC concluded five...
Ambush at Bloody Run
United States Army Paymaster Maj. Joseph Washington Wham (rhymes with bomb) is riding in a dougherty (canopied ambulance) on his way to pay “all troops in the muster of April 30,” which includes all the soldiers at Arizona’s Forts Hauchuca, Bowie, Grant, Thomas and...
Hickok’s Number One
In 1866 Westerner wrote, “The new arm of the west, called a Smith-and-Weston [sic], is a pretty tool; as neat a machine for throwing slugs into a man’s flesh as an artist in murder could desire to see…” He of course was referring to Smith & Wesson’s...
True West January/February 2025
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