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Gunfighting Gals and Death Chairs

Gunfighting Gals and Death Chairs

by | Mar 30, 2020 | Departments

Who were the Anasazi? Duff Hale Midlothian, Texas The Anasazi were among the prehistoric peoples who lived in The Four Corners area of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. They probably evolved from the Desert Culture in about 200 B.C. They began to practice...
Across the Old Southwest

Across the Old Southwest

by | Mar 29, 2020 | Features & Gunfights

Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett and Wild Bill Hickok were tough lawmen of the West. But no outlaw ever wanted Bass Reeves on his trail. “Outlaws tried to avoid him at all cost if they could,” Art T. Burton tells me. “Once given the warrant for arrest, if you tried to hide,...
Pillars of the Plains

Pillars of the Plains

by | Mar 29, 2020 | Features & Gunfights

Two of the most recognized women in the Old West are Sacajawea and Elizabeth Custer and both of them have stories tied to the history of western North Dakota. Their stories are just two of many connected to this Great Plains landscape. Captain William Clark and...
Big Dreams, Far Horizons

Big Dreams, Far Horizons

by | Feb 6, 2020 | Western Books & Movies

American historian and biographer Henry William “H.W.” Brands Jr. has been a prolific and consistent chronicler of U.S. history since his first book, Cold Warriors: Eisenhower’s Generation and American Foreign Policy, was published in 1988. Brands’ 30th history book,...