Winchester Warriors: Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874–1901 by Bob Alexander, University of North […]
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Wild West Book Review: Faces of the Frontier
Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845–1924 by Frank H. […]
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The Museum of Northwest Colorado Showcases Cowboys and Outlaws
Centers on Bill Mackin’s world-renowned collection. Rugged and remote Moffat County was once a […]
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Ghost Town: Mondak, Montana/North Dakota
Most Western boomtowns depended on mining, but Mondak—platted in 1903 on the border between […]
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Gatling Guns Generated Fearsome Fire But Seldom Dealt Death in the West
Their mere presence was enough to scare off most challengers. Gatling gun. The name […]
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Jack Watkins, the Laramie Terror
His early days are little known and his later life largely a blank. But […]
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Jack Slade: Western Jekyll and Hyde
A steadfast manager of the Central Overland stagecoach line and the Pony Express, the […]
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Gold Teeth and Lead Bullets
A rich mouth and a loudmouth sparked reckless gunplay that seemed to involve nearly […]
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The Union Pacific Gandy Dancers: Railroad Men and Their Myths
Not all the tracklayers were Irish or strictly meat-and-potatoes men. First of all, they […]
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Early French Champion Of the American Indians
Alexis de Tocqueville was sympathetic but not optimistic. In Michigan Territory during the summer […]