by | Mar 15, 2018 | True West Blog
It seems like my entire life has been spent living in a drought. I was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1939 where we lived on a small livestock farm. My father, a patient man, would always say, “It always rains after a dry spell.” It never rained and finally he sold...
by Chris Enss | Mar 12, 2018 | Features & Gunfights
What do San Francisco real estate, George Hearst, Mark Twain, the Civil War and the Nobel Peace Prize have in common? The answer: Nevada’s famous Comstock Lode. In July 1859, a weary traveler strode into Grass Valley, California. He had trudged more than 150 miles...
by | Feb 21, 2018 | True West Blog
The Long drives from South Texas to Kansas from the 1860s to the 1880s were roughly six hundred miles and took about six weeks. I should have taken less but there were a number of obstacles to face along the way. Grass and water or lack thereof could cause problems....
by Meghan Saar | Feb 19, 2018 | Features & Gunfights
The conversation all started with a letter from my hometown, Buffalo, New York. Rob McElroy had sent a note to the Yahoo group “Photo History” about the latest mystery, writing, “Another indistinct tintype has surfaced that purports to show Billy the Kid and Pat...
by Chuck Parsons | Feb 13, 2018 | Features & Gunfights
Undeniably the darkest hour in Texas’s history, the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877, turned the Lone Star State into a bloody and dangerous place. Lawmen of this era were reflective of the society that they served. John Jackson Helm’s story is a prime...