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These Western Lawmen Worked Both Sides of the Badge
A surprising roster of famed Old West officers proved no ‘Marshal Dillons,’ alternately enforcing the law and using it to suit themselves.
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‘1883’ TV Series Review: The Prequel to Yellowstone Is Set in the Very Wild West
Taylor Sheridan presents 1883, the prequel to Paramount Network’s popular Yellowstone series
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Old West Bartenders Were Equal Parts Bouncer and Confidant
Editor Greg Lalire recounts some of the real (and “reel”) saloon men who tended bar in the Wild West
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Major Llewellyn: In Good Company
Although largely forgotten today, W.H.H. Llewellyn served as a lawman, Indian agent and Rough […]
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Book Review: The Notorious Luke Short
Jack DeMattos and Chuck Parsons sift fact from fiction in the life of Dodge City gambler and gunfighter Luke Short
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2012 WWHA Award: Texas, Gunfighter Capital of the West
Ten of the 15 deadliest Wild West shootists, including Wes Hardin, Killin’ Jim Miller, Bill Thompson, King Fisher and Pink Higgins, made their hard reputations in the Lone Star State
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Murder at the Palais Royal
Cardsharp Frank Fossett found limitless gambling opportunities in Fort Worth, but a saloon fight with former employee Doc Carver cut short both men’s long-range plans.
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The Cowboy Brigade’s Roosevelt Inaugural Invasion
In March 1905, Seth Bullock, onetime Deadwood sheriff, brought rough-and-ready Westerners to Washington, D.C., to ride in Teddy Roosevelt’s inaugural parade.
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The Dodge City War
When saloon owner Luke Short was told to get out of Dodge in 1883, he went. But he soon came back, and he was joined by the likes of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Doc Holliday.