You probably didn’t know. • The idea behind a relay mail service didn’t originate with the Pony Express; it was first proposed in 13th-century...
10 Things about the Pony Express
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Investigating History
Was Jesse James a Terrorist?
The new biography Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, recently published by Alfred A. Knoph, will no doubt cause some waves. Author T.J....
12 Things most people don’t know…
About Lewis and Clark Lewis was born 8 months after the Boston Tea Party. Meriwether Lewis’ unusual first name was his mother’s maiden name. At the...
A Knight with the Widow Benton
Many have claimed that Jesse James, America’s most notorious bandit, was a Robin Hood who took from the rich and gave to the poor. Others have...
Alamo Myths
Only weeks after the 13-day siege and battle, contemporary newspapers provided conflicting accounts of what happened at the famous mission-fortress....
Ten Paces
No, he didn’t. No contemporary newspaper attributed the deed to Holliday. The first mention of Holliday’s involvement wasn’t until July 20, 1881,...
Mrs. John Holliday?
The stormy relationship of Doc Holliday and Kate Elder is perhaps the most perplexing and frustrating dimension of John Henry Holliday’s tragic...
Buffalo Bill’s First Scalp for Custer
Cody, Carr, Collins and Townsend could hardly contain themselves. On a hot afternoon at Fort Laramie, Buffalo Bill was his customary dashing and...
Smoking Gun
Surprising new evidence has surfaced in the Wyatt Earp claim that he killed Curly Bill. Wells Fargo historian, Robert J. Chandler, accidentally...