Dennis McCown spent the better part of two decades in deep research to reveal the remarkable story of Helen Beulah Mrose and her ties to gunfighter turned lawyer John Wesley Hardin.
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Book Review: A Killer Is What They Needed, by David Grassé
David Grassé profiles Commodore Perry Owens, the Tennessee-born Quaker and sometime cowboy turned seemingly fearless territorial enforcer.
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Book Review: Light on the Prairie, by Nancy Plain
In her award-winning book Nancy Plain introduces young readers to Solomon Butcher, photographer of the Nebraska plains pioneers.
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Book Review: Bedside Book of Bad Girls / Outlaw Women of the Midwest
Chris Enss introduces some of the bad women who kept the West wild right up into the 20th century.
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Book Review: Dragoons in Apacheland, by William S. Kiser
William S. Kiser examines the flawed policies of the U.S. military in its efforts to maintain peace between the Apache people and settlers in the mid-19th century.
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Book Review: American Indian Tribes of the Southwest
Michael G. Johnson’s provides a compact summation of the Southwest tribes in this latest title of Osprey’s Men-at-Arms series.
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Movie Review: The Lone Ranger
In this postmodern take on the classic TV series, director Gore Verbinski throws in everything and the kitchen sink but still shoots wide of any particular audience.
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Daily Quiz for October 1, 2013
One tourist site in this state capital is the "This is the Place Monument," dedicated in 1947.
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Daily Quiz for September 30, 2013
In 1947, a national park was established in North Dakota to honor this president.
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Daily Quiz for September 29, 2013
Sisters Susan and Anna Warner, the only civilians buried in the military cemetery at West Point, wrote novels and poetry. One poem of Anna’s became this hymn.