But the U.S. Army favored the Springfield. When I was in elementary school, and […]
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The Patee House in St. Joseph, Missouri, Was Headquarters for the Pony Express
Since 1965 the landmark has been a Western history museum. Is St. Joseph, Missouri, […]
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Ghost Town: Chloride, New Mexico
In 1879 Englishman Harry Pye hid in a gulch from Apaches while transporting freight […]
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Bidwell: Forgotten Founder of Tombstone?
Mining entrepreneur Richard Gird reaped a fortune in silver with the Schieffelin brothers but […]
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Almost Anyone Could Be in the Saloon Business
And it was perfectly respectable for gentlemen to do it. If war and prostitution […]
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What We Know About the Sacred Hopi Snake Dance
Because the ceremony was becoming too popular with tourists—Theodore Roosevelt among them—the Hopi closed it to non-Indians in the 1950s.
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One Deadly Dude: The Marquis de Morès
The feisty Dakota Territory Frenchman called out Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was a man […]
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Hobbs Kerry Ran with the James Gang, Taking Part in the Otterville Robbery
But his time with the famous outlaws was short-lived. Within weeks of a train […]
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Interview: Michael Blake / Taking Aim at Hollywood’s O.K. Corral
The Tombstone fight is ‘perfect theater.’
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American Schemers: Aimee Semple McPherson
Flamboyant preacher ruled the stage, and the airwaves