Good Words of Advice as the Noose Awaits
Quick, if you were about to be hung, what would you want to write as your last letter? Outlaw Tom Bell faced that questi…
Tales of Pat Garrett
Reading John LeMay’s Tall Tales & Half Truths of Pat Garrett (The History Press, $21.99) you get the idea everyone l…
October was Black Bart’s Favorite
OCTOBER WAS BLACK BART’S FAVORITE: Over his eight-year-28-robbery spree, Black Bart most loved robbing stagecoaches in October. Maybe it was the…
DVD Review: Cemetery Without CrossesArrow Video, $25.29
A war between families comes to a head when a man is lynched in front of his wife (played by Michéle Mercier). Only an o…
The Killing that Put Hardin on the RunJust who was Charlie M. Webb?
Charlie M. Webb’s claim to fame came when his plan to kill notorious gunfighter John Wesley Hardin backfired. Webb first appeared on the Texas scene i…
Mountain Charley
Ever wondered how hard it was to be a woman in the Old West? Just ask Mountain Charley. Or should we say, Elsa Jane, a t…
Inspired by Deadly Work
In spring 1913, famed writer Zane Grey spent several days with Texas Rangers in El Paso. Grey heard plenty of stories th…
It Happened in Globe
Globe was one of the Old West’s richest mining camps. It also produced some famous Arizona people including its first go…
The Killing that Put Hardin on the RunJust who was Charlie M. Webb?
The Unbroken Peace TreatyAfter Texas gained statehood, Penatekas stayed true to a treaty negotiated with German emigrants.
The Deadliest EnemyHow stalwart cattle ranchers in the Lone Star State survived the Big Dry Up.
To the uninitiated in the Old West, the ranching business centered on cattle, but in reality, the livestock trade focused on grass and water, so much …
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