How much trouble he ever caused in Texas is debatable, and during his time in Colfax County, New Mexico Territory, Clay Allison mostly did his fighting for a cause
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Interview: Paul Lee Johnson / Wild West Historian
In his new book The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona: An O.K. Corral Obituary, author Paul Lee Johnson examines the little-known McLaury side of the October 1881 gunfight near the O.K. Corral.
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Book Review: Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874–1881
In his award-winning biography of John B. Jones, author Rick Miller also paints a vivid picture of the Texas Rangers’ heyday.
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Book Review: American El Dorado, by Ron Elliott
In his new book American El Dorado, Ron Elliott exposes the infamous 1872 diamond hoax, keeping the facts straight while creating dialogue to flesh out the dupes and perpetrators.
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Book Review: Wyatt Earp / A Vigilante Life
Andrew Isenberg presents compelling arguments about celebrated lawman Wyatt Earp’s flawed character, but he falls short of proving his premise that Earp led a vigilante life.
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DVD Review: Sugarfoot: The Complete First Season
Actor Will Hutchins portrayed the sarsaparilla-drinking, easy-to-blush, gunless but forthright and honest Sugarfoot in this offbeat 1950s TV Western.
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Game Review: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, by Ubisoft
Gunslinger, the latest entry in Ubisoft’s Call of Juarez series, offers good gunplay and an interesting blend of fact and fiction, even if the plots are hit and miss.
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What is the Theory of Imperialism and Who Created it?
Dear Mr. History Can you explain to me about the theory of imperialism and […]
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Daily Quiz for July 30, 2013
Known as President of the Underground Railroad, this man and his wife hid and assisted runaway slaves in Indiana and Ohio.
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About Those O.K. Corral ‘Losers’
Authors Paul Lee Johnson and Scott Dyke, and Wild West History Association President Pam Potter, consider the McLaurys’ and Clantons’ roles in the 1881 gunfight near the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz.