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In 1893, William James Cannon wrote Texas Gov. James Hogg about surviving the Alamo so he could claim land in Texas; he also claimed to have fought in the Mexican-American War. But a granddaughter of Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson denounced Cannon as a “colossal fraud.” 
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High-flying Western Director
High-flying Western Director
Director William Wellman’s career as a filmmaker during the mogul-studio era is a portrait in motion picture history, captured intimately by his son William Wellman Jr. in Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel. 
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May 2011
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Arizona prospector George Warren let copper riches from Bisbee slip through his fingers due to his addiction to whiskey; he ended up in a Phoenix asylum in 1881.
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17 hrs
Rustling Felines
Rustling Felines
During the gold rush era in western history there were many ways to get rich without digging up dirt. One of the most unique money makers was by an enterprising ship’s captain in new boom town of San Francisco.
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A Tale of Kit Carson’s “Nephew”
A Tale of Kit Carson’s “Nephew”
The tale of Tom Carson fits the bill of Old West fabrications that have been recorded as fact.
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Corporal Isaiah Mays was among Chaplain Allen Allensworth’s 24th Infantry congregation. Mays received America’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his valor during the Wham military payroll robbery in Arizona in 1889.
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Yesterday at 12:00pm
How easy was it to get a cup of coffee in the Old West?
How easy was it to get a cup of coffee in the Old West?
Coffee was ubiquitous in the frontier West. Contrary to popular belief, coffee was more in demand than alcohol, especially after John Arbuckle’s 1864...
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Curly Bill Laughs at His Fate
Curly Bill Laughs at His Fate
Curly Bill Brocius, the leader of the cow-boys in southeastern Arizona, was reportedly always laughing. 
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October 6 at 9:00pm
Reclining like the love goddess America proclaimed her to be, Adah Menken appears here in her role for John Brougham’s 1865 play, "The Child of the Sun."
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October 6 at 8:00pm
Augustus Thomas Goes West
Augustus Thomas Goes West
In 1897, Augustus Thomas was one of America’s most successful playwrights, but he’d hit a dry spell. So a neighbor in New Rochelle, NY suggested he go West.
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