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Author Archives: Richard F. Selcer

Richard Selcer of Fort Worth, Texas, is a frequent contributor to Wild West and the author of such well-received books as Hell’s Half Acre: The Life and Legend of a Red-Light District and Fort Worth Characters. Selcer is also the editor and compiler of Legendary Watering Holes: The Saloons That Made Texas Famous.

Booger Red Privett on horseback
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The One and Only ‘Booger’ Was Among History’s Best Rodeo Performers

by Richard F. Selcer4/5/20242/8/2024

Texan Sam Privett, the colorfully nicknamed proprietor of Booger Red’s Wild West, backed up his boast he could ride anything on four legs.

Gunfight in Old West
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These Western Lawmen Worked Both Sides of the Badge

by Richard F. Selcer11/3/20238/30/2023
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Fistfights, Heat Exhaustion and Not Enough Taters: What It Was Like at Gettysburg’s 50th Reunion

by Richard F. Selcer5/25/20225/25/2022
Old West saloon illustration, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
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Please Don’t Shoot the Bartender

by Richard F. Selcer3/3/20223/4/2022
Posted inStories

This 1945 New Guinea Plane Crash Survivor Became Known As The ‘Queen of Shangri-La’

by Richard F. Selcer2/5/20222/27/2023
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Kars Fortress Stands As a Monument to a Turbulent Past

by Richard F. Selcer12/16/202112/15/2021
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When the Swartz Brothers Shot Texas

by Richard F. Selcer7/23/20203/3/2022
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In the Confederacy’s Last Days, Two Texans Face Off in Futile Feud

by Richard F. Selcer12/31/201912/20/2019
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How Aging Confederate Veterans Kept Wartime Memories Alive

by Richard F. Selcer7/30/20194/2/2024
Posted inStories

Wine, Women and…What’s Wrong With That?

by Richard F. Selcer1/24/20193/3/2022

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