Texas cowhands-turned-outlaws Tom and Sam Ketchum, along with range pals like David Atkins and Will Carver, robbed trains and became notorious in the Southwest.
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Steam Boat Yellow Stone Aided General Sam Houston and the Texas Revolution
The first steamboat in the fur trade spent five years maneuvering on the Upper Missouri, but then Yellow Stone took to foreign waters in time to aid General Sam Houston and the Texas Revolution.
John Hill Hewitt: Dixie’s Original One-Man Band
John Hill Hewitt did it all. He played three instruments. He penned poems and essays, and staged theater productions. And he churned out one hit tune after another.
Blood Bath at Going Snake: The Cherokee Courtroom Shootout
On trial for murder in April 1872, the imposing Cherokee Zeke Proctor and his supporters took on the rival Beck family and a federal posse in a gunfight in front of Judge Blackhaw Sixkiller.
When the James Gang Ruled the Rails
After robbing banks for more than seven years, Jesse and Frank James stopped their first train in July 1873. They liked it so much that they went on to rob at least six more.
Book Review: Frederick the Great (by Giles McDonough) : MH
The last of King Frederick the Great’s many talents to develop was his skillful […]
Book Review: T-6: A Pictorial Record of the Harvard, Texan and Wirraway
T-6: A PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE HARVARD, TEXAN AND WIRRAWAY The venerable and durable […]