In the endless assessments of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Captain Frederick Benteen […]
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George Hudson Had Killed at Least Five Men, And He Did Not Go Easy When the Law Came
The outlaw made his deadly mark in Missouri and Colorado. William Rabedew, a law […]
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Daily Quiz for January 19, 2018
This man was the first US Army Lieutenant-General since George Washington.
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Wild West DVD Review: Laredo
Laredo: The Complete Series, 1965–67 Timeless Media Group, 12 discs (2,713 minutes), 2009, $98.98. […]
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Wyatt Earp’s Most Controversial Decision
The lawman-turned-referee called a low blow in an 1896 heavyweight boxing match, and the uproar that followed reverberated nationwide.
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The Infernal but Necessary Fort Gibson
Some government officials considered it the most important post on the Western frontier. Still others cried for its relocation. Meanwhile, liquor, fever and poor living conditions were causing scores of desertions and deaths.
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The Wrong Towns for Outlaws
As the Dalton brothers discovered in Coffeyville and the James-Younger Gang did in Northfield, […]
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Hurry Home! The war’s beginning stranded the Confederates’ best and brightest out west
When the secession crisis evolved into civil war in the spring of 1861, most of the men in the U.S. Army’s officer ranks had one thought: Get home and serve the government of their allegiance.
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Disaster at Burke Canyon
In the winter of 1910, an avalanche nearly erased tiny Mace, Idaho, but things […]
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Presidential Poker
FDR, Truman, Ike and Nixon all knew when to hold ’em or fold ’em. […]