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Tag: Texas

Booger Red Privett on horseback

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.

Olive Dixon

Sharpshooter Billy Dixon Owes His Legacy to His Widow

by Ron J. Jackson Jr.2/2/202411/7/2023
Interior of Bill King’s saloon, Colorado City, Texas

Requiem for a Forgotten West Texas Cow Town

by Preston Lewis9/22/20239/22/2023
Kiowas attack the Texas Santa Fe Expedition

In 1841 the President of Texas Resolved to Capture Santa Fe — One Way or Another

by Damond Benningfield9/8/20236/8/2023
Painting of 4th US Cavalry

When Indian Raiders Plagued Postwar Texas, President Grant Authorized This Illegal Invasion of Mexico

by Allen Lee Hamilton6/23/20235/31/2023
Battle of the Alamo painting

These Forgettable Frauds Fibbed About Being at the Alamo

by Ron J. Jackson Jr.6/9/20236/9/2023
female captive held by Comanche warriors

This Hardy Texas Pioneer Witnessed the Deaths of Many a Loved One and Escaped Comanche Captivity

by Chuck Lyons6/2/20235/12/2023
Henry Woodson Strong

A Strong-willed Texan Scout Joined the Confederacy at 15. But That Was Just the Beginning.

by Wild West Staff3/3/20232/8/2023
Main gallery of the John Wayne An American Experience Museum in Fort Worth Texas

John Wayne Is Big As Life in This Fort Worth Museum

by Linda Wommack9/30/20229/30/2022
Wild-West-June-2022-Pioneers-and-Settlers-Jane-Long-Mans-Cannon-Point-Boliver-Texas-Kian-Mary-James-Look-On-1821-22

This Brave Wife and Mother Was the Betsy Ross of Texas

by Chuck Lyons7/8/20227/8/2022

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