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Old West Book Review: Riding the Edge of an Era
Riding the Edge of an Era; Growing up Cowboy on the Outlaw Trail, Diana Allen Kouris, High Plains Press (800) 552-7819, $17.95, Paperback. High mountain trails deep with snow, ice storms and hail, bone-chilling wind mingled with the faraway cries of wily coyotes fill the pages of this real-life adventure. Carefully written from beginning to […]
The Shoes (Made) of Flat Nose George
George Manuse went under a number of aliases. They included “George Parrott,” “Flat Nose George” and “George Curry.” There are even those who confuse him with Harvey Logan, because Harvey used a couple of similar aliases. But, our George operated in the Powder River region of Wyoming. He was the leader of a gang […]
A STRONG MAN & HORSE
In the Old West men and horses were called upon to perform great feats. But no man and horse did more in a short period of time than John Phillips and a big gray thoroughbred. It was a cold December in 1866. Fort Phil Kearny was being harassed by Red Cloud and his band of […]
