Monday, April 17, 2017

Check Out This Stagecoach: Matched White Horses or Mules?

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April 17, 2017    Got a debate going here at the True West World Headquarters. Found an old photo in our archives and the ID on the picture...
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Friday, April 14, 2017

Daily Life On A Doomed Wagon Train

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April 14, 2017    One of the coolest things about finding a diary or the interview of an old pioneer, is the details about how they actuall...
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Layers of History On The Road Less Traveled

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April 12, 2017    When I go out to Old West sites, I'm always very aware of layers. Here's a good example: in Oatman, the town in w...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

The Deadly Attack On The Oatmans

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April 12, 2017    It certainly wasn't like in the movies, where a horde of "Redskins" ride out of the timber, giving a high-p...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

What Exactly Did The Blue Tattoo Lines On Olive Oatman's Chin Signify?

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April 11, 2017    When Olive Oatman was returned from her five years of captivity among the Yavapai (one year) and Mojave (four years), she...
Monday, April 10, 2017

"I Want My Records Back!!!

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April 10, 2017    When you tug on one string, you find that it is connected to all the other strings in the world. Case in point: Da...

Slim Pickens Critiques Hualapai Roundup

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April 10, 2017     We are doing a cover story on Slim Pickens and, in my editorial, I want to relate a story of how so many different peopl...
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Sunday, April 09, 2017

The White Skin Behind Her Ear

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April 9, 2017    I spent most of the day yesterday out at the Oatman massacre site west of Gila Bend. As I stood on the bluff where most of...
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Friday, April 07, 2017

Related to Outlaws: Black Jack Ketchum, Bigfoot Wallace and John Wesley Hardin

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April 7, 2017    Last weekend I spoke at the Duncan family reunion out at the Diamond Bar Ranch, a legendary place I had never visited in a...
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Thursday, April 06, 2017

The Trendsetters: Going Tatted & Topless Mojave Style

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April 6, 2017    Got some minor criticism yesterday, for showing Olive Oatman topless during her stay with the Mojaves. Someone commented i...
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Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Gone Native

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April 5, 2017    Working on a story for the September issue which I am planning on turning into my next book.  The Mojaves called themselve...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

A Day In The Life of A Daily Whip Out

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April 5, 2017    I ran into a budding artist the other day and he said to me, "Admit it, you really don't do those Daily Whip Outs...

Bum's Rule

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April 4, 2017    Went home for lunch and finished a mule piece I was planning on using in the Mule Issue but ran out of time. Dai...
Monday, April 03, 2017

Confessions of A Hathead: When Do You Doff It And When Do You Off It?

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April 3, 2017    All this discussion about the appropriate etiquette regarding when to doff and when to off a cowboy hat, certai...
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