His true name remains a mystery. Some accounts say it was William Brocius Graham while others claim it was William Bresnaham or William Graham but...
Curly Bill Brocius: Before Tombstone
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Marshall Trimble
The Wild Bunch Often Hung Out at Fannie Porter’s Bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies Say Fort Worth or San Antonio.
The Wild Bunch often hung out at Fannie Porter’s bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies say Fort Worth or San Antonio. Terry Priddy - Pipe Creek,...
Just How Good Were the Good Old Days?
Just how good were the “good ol days?” Folks on the western frontier led a hardscrabble life. They were wan with fever, gaunt, scrawny and peaked....
Apache White Captive Child Santiago McKinn
On a balmy September morning in the little valley east of the Mimbres Mountains in southwest New Mexico, seventeen-year-old Martin McKinn and his...
Lucky Cuss
The tall, lanky prospector brushed back his thick, matted, unkempt hair and looked out across a jumble of high mesa hills, scanning the rough...
Shootouts at High Noon
“The most of the men I have killed it was one or t’other of us, and as sich times you don’t stop to think; and what’s the use after it’s all over?”...
The Peacemaker
Myth is based on what we would like to believe while Legend takes the truth and enhances its meaning across the passage of time. The West was a land...
Who Established the First Commercial Brewery in the Early West?
Who established the first commercial brewery in the early West? Emilie Harris - La Quinta, California The first known brewery in the New World was...
Was “Wild Bill” Hickok’s Failing Eyesight the Result of a Venereal Disease?
Was “Wild Bill” Hickok’s failing eyesight the result of a venereal disease? David Durost Lancaster, California If James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok...
Were Bounty Hunters as Despised as Most Westerns Depict?
Were bounty hunters as despised as most Westerns depict? Jeff Mock Sandy, Utah I’m sure some bounty hunters weren’t well liked, especially if they...
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Most people associate cowboy and western music originating with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter but the music predates the era of the “Singing...
Cole Younger
If I had to choose a favorite outlaw, without hesitation I’d say, “Cole Younger.” Besides being a “good man to ride the river with,” he had many...