Sgt. Daniel Kanipe was the last man in Company C to leave Custer’s five companies under orders and without suspicion of cowardice.
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U.S. Marshal Stillwell Russell Fought Both Outlaws and Political Enemies
Forced out of office, the Texas native did not give up the fight. In […]
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Charlottesville’s Living Civil War Legacy
On Saturday, August 12, hundreds of protesters poured into Charlottesville, Virginia, bringing to the […]
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Book Review: Billy the Kid Over the Years
Buffalo Bill and Billy the Kid; or, The Desperadoes of Apache Land (1906, by […]
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Colt Revolvers and Winchester Repeaters Are the West’s Most Legendary Firearms
But Colt once had a lever-action rifle, and Winchester a six-shooter. Out of the […]
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Colorado’s Fort Garland Museum Recalls Kit Carson and Other Legends
The adobe post protected settlers and had a role in the Civil War. The […]
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Ghost Towns; Coolidge, Montana
Mike Steel and mining partner F.W. Parish were prospecting the northern Pioneer Mountains in […]
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How the Only Photo of the Most Infamous Outlaw in the American West Came About
A look at the process that created the one and only authenticated photograph of Billy the Kid.
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Daily Quiz for August 16, 2017
On December 6, 1933 this novel was declared not obscene in US Federal Court.
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Little Wolf: Sweet Medicine Chief
Although overshadowed by tribesman Dull Knife, this Northern Cheyenne leader brought his people home […]