Separating fact from fiction when it came to some members of the Wild Bunch and their women got downright confusing because of the stories handed...
Tangled Webs: The Wild Bunch and Their Women
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Pete Kitchen
In a sense, Pete Kitchen represented Arizona’s transition from lawless frontier to civilization. In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona...
America’s Second Amendment City
Tombstone officials have decided to add another nickname to “The Town Too Tough To Die.” They recently passed a resolution calling the place...
Director Andrew McLaglen
Director Andrew McLaglen is probably best known for his association with John Wayne. His dad Victor starred with Wayne in John Ford’s cavalry...
Etienne Pelissier Jacques De Bujac (Bruce Cabot)
By all rights, Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac should have been the big Western star of the ‘40s-‘70s, not Marion Morrison. But John Wayne hit...
Sergio’s Epic Open
The classic opening scene that Sergio Leone called the “summa” of his career was ambitious and complicated, and it wasn’t the easiest of shoots....
Bill Williams: Mountain Man
They never numbered more than a thousand, maybe two and their heyday lasted less than 20 years but the mountain men of the West made their mark on...
Nellie Cashman: The Story Of A Real Life Dime Novel Heroine
Many men and women came west in the 19th century to pan out that dream of getting rich but none can match that of a pretty Irish lady named Nellie...
The Babbitt Brothers & The CO Bar Ranch
It was a cold, wet February morning in 1886 when Dave and Billy Babbitt stepped down off the passenger train in the raw, boisterous town of...
Douglas Fowley
So who played Doc Holliday most often on TV or in movies? Probably character actor Douglas Fowley, who was cast as the deadly dentist in 68...
Riding for the Lone Star
The storied Texas Rangers probably have more stories than just about any law- enforcement agency—and Mike Cox knows most of them, having spent 15...
Two Different Docs From The Quaid Brothers
Dennis Quaid has acted in his share of Westerns—including as Sam Houston in 2004’s “The Alamo” and cast-out James-Younger Gang member Ed Miller in...