It takes something for an Old West shootout to be called “The Big Fight.” That’s the handle they stuck on a free-for-all…
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Did Frontier Saloons Serve Cold Beer?
Did frontier saloons serve cold beer? Sandy Davis St. Paul, Minnesota Ice making machines began popping up in desert tow…
Kingsville, Texas Cattle and horses still rule at a ranch larger than Rhode Island.
No Hollywood writer could invent the life of Richard King. He was born in New York in 1824 into an Irish family so poor …
Take Your Christmas Holiday Celebration to a New Level Experience Christmas at Old Fort Concho in San Angelo, Texas, December 7-9, and have a historical experience! (sponsored)
Created in 1982, Christmas at Old Fort Concho covers the 40 acres/24 buildings of one of the best-preserved frontier for…
Tejano History Under One Roof A half-century effort to save San Antonio’s Casa Navarro earns nationwide appreciation.
The entire history of early Texas—from a Spanish viceroyalty, to ownership by Mexico, to the Republic of Texas to stateh…
Discover San Angelo – An Oasis in West Texas, Off the Beaten Path From fishing to kayaking to strolling along the 4-mile walking trail, discover why the Concho River Walk in San Angelo was recently named a Great Place in America. (sponsored)
San Angelo’s Concho River Walk is designated one of five Great Public Spaces on the American Planning Association…
A Hero One Day, A Victim Another Emanuel Stance lived a checkered life.
Sgt. Emanuel Stance was a hero, the first Buffalo Soldier to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor. He led a patrol aga…
Don’t Mess with the Lady Gladys Sims won this custody battle.
Gladys Johnson Sims and ex-husband Ed Sims (photo) were in the middle of a Texas-sized custody battle over their two dau…
Britt Johnson One of the Old West’s greatest stories of courage, perseverance and family love was that of Britt Johnson’s quest to rescue his wife Mary and two daughters after their capture in 1864 by a war party of Comanche and Kiowa.
The drama began on October 13th, when a Kiowa and Comanche war party of several hundred swept down to where Elm Creek j…
Bigger Than the O.K. Corral A Texas shootout had a high victim count.
The Tascosa Gunfight of 1886 isn’t well-remembered today. It involved two factions—cowboys of the LS Ranch versus men i…