Wyatt Earp puts on a badge in the cow-town. May 19, 1876 (or thereabouts). Wyatt Earp is appointed deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas. Over the...
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Tumbling Dice, Blind Pigs and Brothels
The Earps’ last stand in Los Angeles was more bust than bonanza. In 1866 the first home for disabled war veterans was opened in Togus, Maine, and...
Alaska’s Wild West
Adventure and history await discovery across the Last Frontier State. Several years ago, I was a long-term substitute teacher in the Yup’ik...
The Earps’ Flight After the Fight
The lawmen’s route from Arizona to New Mexico and Colorado is a grand adventure. The Gunfight That Wasn’t at the O.K. Corral was over, Billy Clanton...
Western Roundup: May 2022
Wyatt Earp Days (Pictured) Tombstone, AZ, May 27-28: In honor of famed Tombstone lawman Wyatt Earp, activities include gunfights, a chili cook-off...
How About Those Earp Women
Were any of the Earp women Prostitutes? Yes, you might say all of them dabble in the trade at one time or another. Allie was a former prostitute, as...
Tombstone: On the Cutting Room Floor
Historians, actors and film critics weigh in on Kevin Jarre’s original script—and whether it should be remade and finally get its DUE. Everyone...
Stitching Together a Relationship
Wyatt and Allie Earp bonded over a sewing machine. The legend goes that Allie Earp, Virgil’s wife, didn’t think much of his brother Wyatt. At least...
With a Gun on Her Hip
Allie Earp was armed after the OK Corral. March 20, 1882. A train carrying members of the Earp family was leaving the Tucson train station en route...
The Aftermath of the Gunfight Behind the OK Corral?
Most of the older films about the “Gunfight Near the OK Corral” would have you believe the feud, like the movie, was over. The 1993 film Tombstone...
City of Dreams
The odds are good that a visitor to Nome, Alaska—landed as a cruise ship passenger or spectator of the Iditarod race finish—will pause before an...
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Sweet treats were greatly anticipated and appreciated at Christmastime on the American frontier. Allie Earp recalled how much her husband, Virgil,...