O.K., so you want to get yourself a cowboy hat. Here are some guidelines. Early cowboys spent as much as a month’s pay for their hat. Today it should not [ … ]
A History of Wild West Hats – Part Two
Strong winds tended to create problems for cowboys whether their hats were wide brimmed or narrow brimmed. Originally the brims of cowboy hats were soft so they would fold back [ … ]
A History of Western Hats – Part One
In the history of Western hats it is known that the earliest cowboys were young rejects from Europe who decided to keep traveling west after they reached New York, or [ … ]
Doomed To Die By Black Jack’s Gang
December 5, 1897, Call, San Francisco, California – Black Jack’s gang was seen camped twenty miles south of here, across the line, today by a prominent cattleman on his way [ … ]
Santee Sioux Hanging in Minnesota
For almost 50 years the Santee Sioux, located in Minnesota, were mistreated by almost everyone with whom they came into contact. First, white settlers invaded the Minnesota Valley where they [ … ]
The Hanging of Robber Tom Bell
Tom Hodges (aka Tom Bell) was a brilliant surgeon who served in the U. S. Army during the Mexican-American War. In 1855 he gave up his medical practice and headed [ … ]
The Real 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 [ … ]
Clay Allison – Old West Psychopath
Clay Allison can be truly called an Old West psychopath. At the height of the Civil War when the Confederate Army was drafting into service anyone who could hold a [ … ]
Doolin Gang Shootout – Violent Men and Dark Times
This Doolin Gang shootout occurred in 1893, but first some history. In the fall of 1892 Bill Doolin formed a gang that robbed trains and banks, causing enough havoc to [ … ]
Shot His Wife Because She Loved a Second-Rate Barkeeper
April 9, 1889, Daily Record-Union, Sacramento, California – Mrs. Mary Sanders was shot and probably fatally wounded last Saturday night by her husband, who then attempted to commit suicide by [ … ]