I am often asked for my recommendations on the “best” or “most reliable” biographies and studies of Western characters, places, and events. While I am happy to oblige, I will often supplement my suggestions with a few additions of deeper reading. When I was a young...
Blasted From the Streets of Clinton During the Deadliest Blood Feud in Texas 1875.After the death of Jim Taylor’s father Pitkin, Jim told his mother “Do not weep, mother. I will wash my hands in old Bill Sutton’s blood!” Jim carried out his...
WHERE ARE YOU DOC HOLLIDAY? Some say his body now lies in a quiet grave on a hillside in Griffin GA WHERE ARE YOU DOC HOLLIDAY? New Information. Griffin, Georgia is a long way from the ghost town of rowdy Fort Griffin, Texas, but they both have something in common:...
The Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency pursued the Wild Bunch from the late 1890s up through the 1910s, although by then the gang was kaput and the agency’s pursuit was more desultory than methodical. Lorenzo Dow “Lonie” Logan and his cousin Bob Lee were the only...
Charles Goodnight, inspiration for Lonesome Dove, and the Comanche Indians. One Last Buffalo Hunt. Charles Goodnight and The Comanche Indians. One last buffalo hunt. “A tale of an aging rancher and the passage of time; a brief, bloody glimpse of an old life that...
