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Wild West Renaissance Man
Granville Stuart was born with his brothers in West Virginia, and at a young age, he started migrating west. After reaching Montana, Granville and his brother, James discovered gold there, and they spread the news, the result of their writing their brother back east. Unfortunately, the Stuarts didn’t get rich from their discovery. In […]
A Horse Thief That Was Caught
Little is known of William Arnett prior to his arriving with a couple of buddies in Goldcreek, Montana on August 21, 1862. The trio had a string of six good horses. However, there was something strange about the men. Although they looked as if they had done some hard traveling, they had no saddlebags or […]
Old West Book Review: The Life and Legends of Calamity Jane
Martha Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, was a legend in her own time. Martha was born in Missouri in 1856, and had several younger siblings. Her father was a farmer and her mother a housewife who herself gained local notoriety as an eccentric with a volatile temper and a sharp tongue. When Martha was […]
Seth Bullock of Deadwood
In 1867, at the age of twenty, Seth Bullock left Canada to come down to the Montana Territory and do some gold mining. Four years later he was elected to the territory’s state senate. Next Seth took a horseback ride around the Yellowstone area, and sent back reports that helped influence its becoming our first […]
Today In The Old West
CONVERSATION WITH AN OLD WEST AUTHOR Cowboy To Cowboy: Rick Miller, your background isn’t in the Old West and writing. Miller: That’s correct. I’m an ex-law enforcement guy and attorney. But I have a passion about the Old West. C2C: You went from high school into the military as a paratrooper. Miller: I was in […]
