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Billy Before Burns

Billy Before Burns

by | Jul 1, 2025 | Features & Gunfights

Before the Myth was penned, The Kid had already become a Legend in Theaters, tabloids and the American Imagination      There is no question that Walter Noble Burns’s The Saga of Billy the Kid broadened William Bonney’s prominence and deepened interest in...
Buckeye’s Dream

Buckeye’s Dream

by | Jul 1, 2025 | To the Point

A fitting wake for Billy the Kid Buckeye Blake Bounces Back He was angry and depressed when the town council in Fort Sumner turned him down for his proposed crypt lid for Billy the Kid’s grave. Thanks to new blood in an old town, his historic sculpture on The Wake of...
Cavalcade of Ask The Marshall

Cavalcade of Ask The Marshall

by | May 1, 2025 | Ask the Marshall

Cavalcade of Ask The Marshall Lessons I have learned during more than a quarter century of “Ask the Marshall.”   What kind of poker was  Wild Bill Hickok playing at the time he was shot? James Summerlin Lawrenceville, GA Nobody seems to know what particular poker...
Historic Hotels of the American West

Historic Hotels of the American West

by | May 1, 2025 | Features & Gunfights

Opulence and Outlaws Historic Hotels of the American West Step across the threshold of time into grand lobbies, across creaking floorboards and down shadowed corridors where legends once walked. From opulent frontier parlors to rugged retreats, these historic hotels...