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Old West Book Review: The Sundance Kid
Old West outlaw history has many “kids”, and the Sundance Kid is among the most popular. He teamed up with Butch Cassidy, and the two robbed banks, blew up railroad cars, stole money, buried loot, rustled horses, broke jail and foiled lawmen all the way from the United States to South America. Along the way […]
Book Review: Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands
Author Bob Alexander had a long career in law enforcement. Combining this with his love of Texas, he now specializes in writing the biographies of various outlaws as well as lawmen, and here he takes aim at Captain Frank Jones of the Texas Rangers. The book contains carefully researched information about the life and times […]
Johnson County War Build-Up
Frank M. Canton was known as a lawman, operating as a range detective for the Wyoming Cattle Grower’s Association, and then twice as the sheriff of Johnson County, Wyoming. At the time of his defeat, the Johnson County War was building up. This was a battle between the big cattle ranchers and the small ranchers […]
SALTED UNDERSHIRT
A SALTED UNDERSHIRT FOR THE GRIP March 1, 1892, Daily Herald, El Paso, Texas – Five years ago I was suffering with a very severe throat trouble, so much so that I did not expect to live. An acquaintance told me that he could give me a remedy that would cure it and […]
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 […]
