The men who poured drinks in Old West saloons also served as bouncers, arbitrators, stakeholders and trusted confidants
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Wild West Book Review: Fort Worth Characters
Fort Worth Characters by Richard F. Selcer, University of North Texas Press, Denton, 2009, […]
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Double Killing in Fort Worth
A sheriff and a lawyer had a brief run-in during a town picnic in […]
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Wild West Book Review: Written in Blood
Written in Blood: The History of Fort Worth’s Fallen Lawmen (Volume 1, 1861–1909) by […]
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Ghost Town: Lake Valley, New Mexico
Prospector George Lufkin and partner Chris Watson first scoured this remote valley for its […]
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Fort Worth’s Wild White Elephant Saloon
For three decades, the Main Street establishment offered some of the finest gambling and food in the Wild West, as well as a few shootouts to remember.