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Old West Book Review: The Hog Ranches of Wyoming; Liquor, Lust and Lies
The Hog Ranches of Wyoming; Liquor, Lust and Lies Under Sagebrush Skies, Larry K. Brown, High Plains Press, (800-552-7819) $9.95, Paperback. When the comment is made by those who know little about the Old West, “The Wild West is a Hollywood myth,” I always chuckle. I can’t imagine life getting much wilder than at the […]
Outer Range: Sci Fi Western Television Series
Outer Range is an American science fiction Sci Fi Western television series created by Brian Watkins and starring Josh Brolin. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 15, 2022. Royal Abbott is a Wyoming rancher, fighting for his land and family, who discovers a mysterious black void in the pasture, following the arrival of […]
Robert Leroy Parker – We Know Him as Butch Cassidy
Back in 1866 Robert Leroy Parker was born in Beaver, Utah Territory. But we know him as Butch Cassidy. Supposedly, he picked up the name “Butch” from the short period of time he worked in a Rock Springs, Wyoming butcher shop. The last name came from a minor criminal mentor by the name of Mike […]
Cattle Industry Decimated
By the mid 1880’s the cattle industry was going wild. Speculators were overstocking the grazing ranges of Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas. And with several mild winters they were also saving money by not putting up feed for wintertime. The summer of 1886 was a dry one. By autumn the range was almost barren of grass… […]
Dentist Clay Allison
Clay Allison was a hard-drinking, prankster of the type who becomes a legend in his own time. During his lifetime, Allison only killed four people. But the stories about him that didn’t involve killing are as entertaining as those that did. There’s the story of Dentist Clay Allison looking up gunman Mace Bowman with the […]
