Bat Masterson
Sadie Earp

Sadie Earp

Sadie was already turning tricks when she was a young teenager. She was a free spirit who took up acting in a traveling show. There were few career...

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Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson’s most recognized photo was of a dapper-looking fellow wearing a derby hat, but photos can be deceiving. In the real West was the real...

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Shooting Back

Shooting Back

Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. The Revenge...

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Shooting Back

Shooting Back

Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. The Oklahoma...

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Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson

The deadly and dangerous life of the man who invented Wyatt Earp. Thanks to a 1960s television show starring Gene Barry, Bat Masterson was called a...

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Gunpowder and Smoke

Gunpowder and Smoke

The West was immense, and frontier law enforcement sparse.  Wise individuals carried firearms and knew how to use them. Some men and women became...

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Ditch the Derby

Ditch the Derby

One of the problems Bat Masterson has in terms of his Old West legend is he is typecast as a city slicker, always wearing a derby. But the real Bat...

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