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King of Texas

King of Texas

by | Jul 1, 2002 | Western Movies

In the new TNT Western movie King of Texas, rancher John Lear has an ego about as big as the newly formed Republic of Texas. He tells his three daughters they must prove their loyalty to get their inheritance—land, a mighty big prize in the 1840s. His youngest...
Remembering the Alamo

Remembering the Alamo

by | Feb 3, 2002 | Features & Gunfights

Death and Doomed Men My own fascination with the Last Stand known as the Alamo began when, as a kid, I saw Fess Parker as Davy Crockett and movies like The Last Command and John Wayne’s The Alamo. Although the Alamo is a Texas saga, its universal meaning is evidenced...
The Ballad of Don Edwards

The Ballad of Don Edwards

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Art, Guns and Culture

In a fast-moving world where MTV has replaced live concerts and music is often delivered digitally off a “jukebox” known as a PC, can there still be room for a real live, old-fashioned balladeer? Absolutely—if you’re Don Edwards, a self-proclaimed minstrel of Western...
The Split

The Split

by | Nov 1, 2001 | Features & Gunfights

Almost five years had passed since the gas-lit world of saloons and gambling halls brought Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday together in Texas. They appear to have enjoyed each other’s company from the outset, but on the night of September 19, 1878, in Dodge City, Kansas,...
Bat Masterson’s Femmes Fatales

Bat Masterson’s Femmes Fatales

by | Oct 1, 2001 | Features & Gunfights

Bob Wright, one of the earliest residents of Dodge, who stayed on to become the town’s most prominent businessman and political figure, related this first story in his book Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital, published in 1913. Bat Masterson was admired by men for his...