Bill Doolin and company vs. U.S. marshals. September 1, 1893. Bill Doolin and several members of his gang are in the outlaw hangout of Ingalls (in...
The Battle of Ingalls
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Nogales, Oklahoma?
Hollywood brought the Sooner State to Arizona. When Hollywood decided to make a movie of the Broadway play “Oklahoma” they couldn’t find a location...
The Hapless Hooligans of Oklahoma
The Jennings Gang was as inept as they come. Perhaps the zaniest bunch of outlaws in the history of the West were the Jennings brothers of Oklahoma....
Nogales, Oklahoma
In the mid-50's Hollywood came out to the historic San Rafael Ranch, east of Nogales and filmed the long-running Broadway Rogers and Hammerstein...
Cowboy Up!
From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West. I remember my...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
With the boom of a cannon at Fort Reno at noon on April 22, 1889, more than 50,000 settlers rushed into the former Indian Territory of Oklahoma....
Sooners and Boomers!
The Land Run of 1891 was one of the most remarkable events in Western history. One needs to understand that Oklahoma is an instant land. There are...
Lawman and the Land Rush
Bill Tilghman made his mark with the boomers and sooners. Bill Tilghman is famed as a lawman of the Oklahoma and Indian territories. But he was also...
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
The oil-enriched town preserves and celebrates its Western heritage. The 150,000 Boomers and Sooners who flooded into the Oklahoma...
Wide Open Spaces and Western Wonderlands
The summer of 2021 is a great time to travel across these Old West highways. The West is a grand place to travel, and its many highways and...
Could the Rancher and the Farmer be Friends?
Many westerns movies base their story line on ranch wars or ranchers wanting to get rid of nesters squatting on their grazing lands. Did these...
They Don’t Make ’Em Like They Used To
But we’re so lucky they once did.