Why Would an Old West Saloon have White Towels on the Front of the Bar?
Why would an Old West saloon have white towels on the front of the bar? Chuck Terry, Columbus, Ohio Bartenders hung towe…
So Billy Sidles Up to the Bar Next to Wyatt
Here’s a historical question not often asked: Did Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp almost shoot it out over drinks the…
Bitter Friends
Artist Frederick Remington and writer Owen Wister were close friends, starting with their first meeting at Yellowstone in 1893. Both were Easterners w…
The Last Stage Robbery?Marking the 100th anniversary of an almost-forgotten holdup.
The nation’s last stagecoach robbery took place on December 5, 1916, at Nevada’s Jarbidge Canyon. Calling it a “stagecoa…
The Doomed Prince of the Pistoleers
James Butler Hickok, born on a farm in northern Illinois in 1837, leaves home at age 18, gravitating to Kansas Territory, with his brother Lorenzo, in…
Deadwood Dick: The Man Who Never Was
Kit Carson, Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody were real-life people who were made larger-than-life t…
Through Yavapai-Apache Eyes
New Year’s Day on January 1 is normally celebrated as the start of a new year, a day off from work and a day to ea…
During the Great Depression, Did People Eat Tumbleweed Soup?
During the Great Depression, did people eat tumbleweed soup? -Brian LaMoure of Helena, Montana Yes. Tumbleweed, or Russi…
The Doomed Prince of the Pistoleers
Burning Through TexasThe only tribe to burn and kill its way to a sea inflamed the ire of the Texian Army.
Fantastic Firearms in Cody2017 marks the centennial of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and its Cody Firearms Museum.
Loved and respected by royalty as well as the common man, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody embodied the spirit of the American frontier and was our coun…
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