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Abilene’s Man with a Star

Abilene’s Man with a Star

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Departments, Renegade Roads

James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok gets his likeness everywhere in Abilene, Kansas, where he served as lawman in 1871. But his predecessor, Thomas James Smith, while not completely forgotten, is certainly overshadowed—even if Smith earned more respect from locals, and...
Idaho Bill

Idaho Bill

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

Welcome to the legendary world of Barney “Idaho Bill” Pearson— rancher, bronco buster, wild animal hunter, showman and friend of Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Pawnee Bill, Billy the Kid, Deadwood Dick, Luther North, Theodore Roosevelt and President Calvin Coolidge. He was...
Death of a Cowboy, the Birth of a Legend

Death of a Cowboy, the Birth of a Legend

by | Aug 5, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

“The sheriff’s posse returned from the pursuit of the Earp party yesterday evening at 5 o’clock. The bronzed and weather-beaten appearance of the posse—more especially of Sheriff Behan and Under-Sheriff Woods—was ample proof of the arduous and exhausting nature of the...
High Country Adventure

High Country Adventure

by | Jul 22, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

Long before air conditioning, automobiles, interstates and high-speed air travel, American transcontinental railroad companies of the 19th century realized that Western tourism would become an important source of passenger service income. The Santa Fe Railway’s...