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Doc Holliday’s Lost Colorado Years
- Published May 13, 2013
- Written by Gary L. Roberts
When Doc Holliday reached Colorado near the end of April 1882, he was certain that he was safe. He openly told reporters that he and the rest of Wyatt Earp’s posse would never be prosecuted because of arrangements with Arizona authorities.
He most likely would have been right had a two-bit con man named Perry Mallon not “arrested” him on a trumped up charge in Denver.
Doc Hits Bottom (but not much else)
- Published May 13, 2013
- Written by Bob Boze Bell
August 19, 1884
Triangle Canyon Shoot-Out
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Bob Boze Bell
April 3, 1900
Lawman George Scarborough and Triangle Ranch manager Walter Birchfield are trailing cow thieves in the San Simon, Arizona, area.
McLintock! Memories
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Courtney Joyner
It’s the movie people always ask me about. ‘Oh, I love John Wayne, but McLintock! has to be my favorite!’”
Actor Ed Faulkner punctuates this statement with an easy laugh and a degree of earned pride. His role, as the son of Bruce Cabot’s character, Ben Sage, triggers the wild mud brawl, which ranks among the most famous of Wayne’s movie moments. Audiences loved the knockdown comedy of 1963’s McLintock!,
Ma’am Jones
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by Chad Hays
TOUGH MEN prospered on the Western frontier, but few men were as tough as Barbara Jones.
Hank Monk
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Chad Hays
“NEARLY everyone on the coast and directly east of the mountains came to know my brother, either personally or by repute, as early as the sixties, and gradually his reputation crossed the divide, and came through the East,” Henry James “Hank” Monk’s brother, George, recalled to the Washington Times in 1903. “He was an adventurous fellow, but he took no chances when his coach was loaded.”
Wild Bill’s Last Fight
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by Bob Boze Bell
October 5, 1871
The summer cattle season is all but over, and Marshal Wild Bill Hickok has kept the peace in Abilene, Kansas—not an easy job.
The Godfather of Gunleather
- Published April 15, 2013
- Written by Phil Spangenberger
For firearms enthusiasts, the name John Bianchi is synonymous with quality gunleather, and for good reason.
He’s truly a living legend, having made gunleather rigs for the motion picture industry and for film stars who include John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Paul Newman and many others.
Billy’s Dirtiest Deed?
- Published March 18, 2013
- Written by Bob Boze Bell
November 27, 1880
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