Frontiersman Granville Stuart once repaired it. The notorious Montana Vigilantes hanged Sheriff Henry Plummer […]
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The New Ruidoso River Museum Delivers A Good Picture of the Lincoln County War
One more reason to visit this New Mexico resort town.
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Ghost Town: Castle, Montana
In 1882 prospector Hanson H. Barnes found outcrops of silver and lead while roaming […]
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Soldier Justice at Fort Walla Walla
In April 1891 members of the 4th U.S. Cavalry formed a well-disciplined vigilante force […]
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The Man Who Beat Jesse James in Court — and Took His Favorite Horse
Frontier lawyer Henry Clay McDougal took on the fearsome outlaw in court — and never backed down, including when it came to getting a client James’ racehorse, Kate.
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Grizzly Adams: Bear Man of California
The onetime New England shoemaker ventured to California during the gold rush and went […]
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Horse Trading in the Early West
In the year 1792, in a terra incognita of vast yellow grasslands and brightly […]
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Dutch Bill Greiffenstein Helped Found Wichita
Once a trusted trader, he turned to building a town. Dutch Bill Greiffenstein lost […]
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Blackfoot Natawista Iksana Was a White Man’s Princess
She reigned at the Fort Union trading post on the upper Missouri. “Fort marriages” […]
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Nationalist Mirabeau Lamar Supported Texas Expansion
The republic’s second president was no Houston man. “Texas to the Pacific!” was the […]