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The Winner

The Winner

by | Sep 22, 2022 | Inside History, Investigating History

Joseph Glidden’s invention won the West. In the fall of 1873, Joseph Glidden did what many farmers did and do: he went to the county fair. In this case, it was DeKalb County, Illinois, due west of Chicago and south of Rockford. For Glidden, the annual fair turned out...
Aloha Cowboys

Aloha Cowboys

by | Sep 22, 2022 | Art, Guns and Culture, Old West Saviors

Hawaii’s Paniolo Preservation Society keeps the Old West alive in the 50th state.   Here’s a Cliffs Notes history of the cowboy: The first were the Spanish vaqueros, the second were the Hawaiian Paniolos, the third were the boys in the Old West. The most...
Pocket Guns, Ned Kelly and The Kid

Pocket Guns, Ned Kelly and The Kid

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Ask the Marshall

  I’ve read the transcript of Wyatt Earp’s testimony at the inquest following the gunfight at (near) the O.K. Corral, and it seems he drew his gun from a coat pocket when the shooting started. Why would a professional lawman do that?  Mike Burke (Wilmington,...
The Six-Million-Dollar Gun

The Six-Million-Dollar Gun

by | Sep 6, 2022 | Features & Gunfights

The real story behind Pat Garrett’s infamous pistol that killed Billy the Kid In the fall of 1880, Sheriff-elect Pat Garrett was given his marching orders by the cattle king of New Mexico, John Chisum: “Clean out that squad east of Sumner.” On December 23, Garrett and...