The Rise of the Toughest Texas RangerThe Texas Hill Country Life that shaped Frank Hamer into the greatest American lawman of the 20th century.
Texas bred tough men, and none came any tougher than Frank Hamer. He was to the Lone Star State what Wyatt Earp was t…
She Was More Than a Big Nose
She’s remembered in history as Big Nose Kate and as Doc Holliday’s on-again-off-again girlfriend. And sur…
Wyatt Earp’s Pistol
The question comes up from time to time: Was Wyatt Earp carrying a Smith and Wesson American revolver at the OK Corral Gunfight? That story has bee…
Jesse James’ First Kill
September 27, 1864. Seventeen-year-old Jesse James puts the first notch on his gun. He, his brother Frank and other m…
13 Major Facts The Revenant Got Wrong
1. Opening Scene Battle with the Arikaras: Andrew Henry’s group did not battle the Arikaras. The Arikaras attacked the group led by Henry’s partner…
Beyond the Border with Crook
Dressed in a sack coat and carrying a shotgun, riding a mule and wearing a pith helmet, Gen. George Crook looked more…
A Well-Traveled Corpse
You’ve got to feel sorry for Elmer McCurdy—not for his miserable life, but for the miserable 60 years af…
Mile-High GetawayHistory, heritage and a vibrant downtown welcome visitors to Prescott, Arizona.
Arguably the most historic town in Arizona sits in the central highlands, sheltered by forested mountains yet easily …
Bronco Billy
In 1903, Edwin S. Porter made the 9-minute film called the Great Train Robbery in the wilds of New Jersey. It was the…
Tragedy on the Montana FrontierUniversity of Oklahoma Press, $29.95
In Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre (University of Oklahoma Press, $29.95), Paul R. Wylie has given us an outs…
The Rise of the Toughest Texas RangerThe Texas Hill Country Life that shaped Frank Hamer into the greatest American lawman of the 20th century.
Requiem of the RustlersIn Wyoming’s contentious Johnson County War, homesteading ranchers lost lives and livelihood over a trumped-up charge.
The Ordeal of Larcena PenningtonA true tale of Western survival more gripping than The Revenant.
Southeastern Arizona was contested ground. The few Americans who dared its dangers called the region the “Purchase,” after the 1854 Gadsden Purchas…
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