Wichita, Dodge City and Leadville employed a variety of novel tactics to keep gun-toting […]
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The Long Arms of the Law
The West was wild, but plenty of public and private law agencies tried to tame it.
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Faro: One Business That Was Mainly Monkey Business
Although games could be lucrative, they were rarely honest. In the 1993 film Tombstone, […]
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The Forced Expulsion of the Texas Cherokees
Houston supported them but not Lamar. In 1838 Texas President Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar wanted […]
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The First ‘Buffalo Bill’ Was Named William Mathewson, not Cody
The Kansas frontiersman never became a living legend.
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Chris Evans: Outlaw, Family Man and Myth
Through the Eyes of his Daughter Eva. Chris Evans was a brutal, quick-tempered outlaw […]
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Interview: Robert McCubbin / The Wild West History Association
The WWHA has broadened its Western horizons.
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Convair F-106: The Ultimate Interceptor
Convair developed the fastest and most sophisticated fighter of the Cold War to protect the U.S. from Soviet bombers.
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Courage in Kargil
Yogendra Singh Yadav was a 19-year-old grenadier in 1999 when he earned the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), becoming one of only 21 recipients of India’s highest military honor since its 1950 inception
