Jim Dunham, President of WWHA talks about the events that brought about Kevin Jarre to write the script for the 1993 motion picture “Tombstone.” With input from historians and with an understanding of what the clothing, buildings, and 1880 American West looked like,...
Texas Ranger John B. Armstrong, the man who captured “the man-killer” John Wesley Hardin. “Texas, by God!” cried notorious killer John Wesley Hardin when he saw a Colt .45 pointed at him on a train in Florida. At the other end of the pistol stood Texas...
Texas Ranger Lee Hall. Hall was involved in arresting King Fisher and his gang, and he (with a small squad) arrested seven of the Sutton faction, effectively ending the bloody Sutton-Taylor Feud. One of his men, John B. Armstrong, finally captured the most wanted man...
The classic image of the stagecoach might be the Concord model but for the crossing the rough western trails passengers were often switched to lighter, celerity or mud wagons. John Butterfield chose Abbot-Downing for his stages. It was because of their suspension...
John Wesley Hardin, the Deadliest Outlaw of the Wild West.Informal interview with Texas Historian David George. A gunfighters weapon of choice and the 1873 murder of DeWitt Co. TX. sheriff “Captain” Jack Helm in Albuquerque, Texas., by shootists John...
