On September 27, 1864, Bloody Bill Anderson and about 80 men took over the small railroad village of Centralia, looting stores and discovering a...
The Battle of Centralia
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Frontier Army
Recently a True West reader asked what a frontier army soldier could take home with him when his enlistment was up. Author and military historian...
The Frontier Soldier
There were stretches of country picturesque to look upon and capable of cultivation, especially with irrigation; and other expanses not a bit more...
Black Bart, Buffalo Robes and Outlaw Hideouts
What were buffalo hides used for? Pat McManus Cave Junction, Oregon Often, they were used for coats or blankets—both by Indians and Whites. In the...
Red Badge of Courage
The young men of a divided nation answered the call of war 160 years ago, and their youthful visages before going to battle still haunt us today. At...
The Great Raid George Patton gained his spurs in a Mexican gunfight.
May 1916. Lieutenant George Patton led a group of 10 soldiers on a raid of a Mexican ranch, looking for Pancho Villa aide Julio Cardenas. It...
Call in the Buffalo Soldiers! Black troopers became teachers at West Point
In the early 1900s, the U.S. Army had a problem. Most of its West Point cadets lacked the experience and discipline to develop riding skills....
Buffalo Soldiers Blacks reached new heights of glory during the Indian Wars in the West, where they became known as “Buffalo Soldiers” by the Indians because of the texture of their hair...
African-Americans fought bravely in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War, where nearly 180,000 Union soldiers were black. Of...
Living, Loving and Dying in the West
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