2019 Articles
January |
False Facts about the old west - 5 Myths about
the old west - from Cracked - Susan Shelby
Magoffin - from Wikipedia |
February |
Mollie Johnson - Red Cloud - Joseph Love - Oliver Loving - Kitty
Lerot from Wikipedia |
March |
Jarbidge Stage Robbery from
Wikipedia - Stagecoach Attackes - Hanging Trees from
Wikipedia |
April |
Blythe, CA from Wikipedia
- Needles, CA from Wikipedia - Parker,
AZ from Wikipedia |
May |
Chalkley Beeson from Wikipedia
- Antonine Barada from Wikipedia - Elfego
Baca from Wikipedia |
June |
William Thomas Hamilton from
Wikipedia - George Hearst from Wikipedia -
Kitty
Leroy from Wikipedia |
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2018 Articles
January |
History of rail transport in the United States from
Wikipedia |
February |
Fort Smith, Arkansas - Fort Gibson, Oklahoma - Baxter Springs, Kansas
- Fort Alcatraz from Wikipedia |
March |
Wichita, Kansas - Miles City, Montana from Wikipedia |
April |
Wheelwright from Wikipedia - Stirrup
from
Wikipedia |
May |
Big Nose George - Valery Havard - Hugh Anderson - Kitty Leroy from
Wikipedia |
June |
Battleground Gunfight - Gleeson Gunfight - Florence from
Wikipedia |
July |
Sarah Emma Edmonds - Debroah Sampson - Sarah Malinda Pritchard Blalock
from
Wikipedia |
August |
History of Arizona
from Wikipedia |
September |
Puckle gun from Wikipedia - Fire
Lance from Wikipedia |
October |
Harvey Logan from Wikipedia - Fannie
Porter from Wikipedia |
November |
Kitty Leroy from Wikipedia - Mollie
Johnson from Wikipedia - Seth Linman from
Wikipedia |
December |
Society if California Pioneers - Jim Levy -
Mattie
Silks - Texas Jack Omohundro
from Wikipedia |
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2017 Articles
January |
Where are they now? |
February |
Where are they now? |
March |
Ellen Liddy Watson - Helen Hunt Jackson - Willa Sibert Cather -
Mary Jane Colter from Wikipedia |
April |
Fred Harvey Company - Mules from Wikipedia |
May |
Train Robberies from Wikipedia |
June |
Last Public Hanging in Calif from The Mercury
News - Josefa Segovia from Wikipedia - Gunfight
at Hide Park from Wikipedia |
July |
Dutch Oven - Tonopah, NV from Wikipedia |
August |
History of Phoenix, AZ - History of Greeley, CO from
Wikipedia |
September |
Josephine Airey from Wikipedia - Susan
Anderson from Wikipedia - Julia Bulette from
Wikipedia - Lottie Deno from Wikipedia |
October |
Seth Bullock from Wikipedia - Martha
Bullock from Wikipedia - Cattle
Annie from Wikipedia - Mary Fields from
Wikipedia |
November |
Edward Kern from Wikipedia - Little
Britches from Wikipedia - Biddy
Mason from Wikipedia - Libby Thompson from
Wikipedia |
December |
Society of California Pioneers - Jim Levy - Mattie Silks - Texas
Jack Omohundro from Wikipedia |
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2016 Articles
January |
US Army Indian Scouts - Battle of Big Dry Wash
- Canyon Diablo, Arizona from Wikipedia |
February |
Numbers - Tom Horn from Wikipedia - Roy
Daugherty from Wikipedia |
March |
Jack McCall from Wikipedia - Four Dead
in five seconds gunfight from Wikipedia - Harvey
Logan from Wikipedia |
April |
Gunfighters from Wikipedia - Gunfight
at Hide Park from Wikipedia |
May |
Kansas City from Wikipedia -
The first
gold rush in the United States, Not in California from
Wikipedia -Historic Photo |
June |
Laramie, Wyoming from Wikipedia - Cheyenne,
Wyoming from Wikipedia - Medicine Bow, Wyoming
from Wikipedia |
July |
Crawford Golds from Wikipedia - Hyman
G. Neill from Wikipedia - John King Fisher
from
Wikipedia |
August |
Blacksmith - Horseshoe from Wikipedia |
September |
Lead, South Dakota - Custer, South Dakota - Fort Defiance, AZ -
Winslow, AZ from Wikipedia |
October |
Frank "Jelly" Nash - Kansas City Massacre - Doc Middleman from
Wikipedia |
November |
Soap Gang - Banditti of the Prairie - Jack Taylor Gang - Augustine
Chacon Gang - McCanles Gang from Wikipedia |
December |
Hounds - Innocents - Mason Henry Gang - Sydney Ducks - Seven Rivers
Warriors from Wikipedia |
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2015 Articles
January |
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, Robert
Leroy Parker, Etta Place from
Wikipedia |
February |
Sharpes Rifle - .45-70 from
Wikipedia - movie |
March |
Battle of Picacho Pass - USS Arizona (1858)
- Stanwix Station from Wikipedia |
April |
Bass Reeves from Wikipedia
- Taos, New Mexico from Wikipedia - Santa
Fe, New Mexico from Wikipedia |
May |
Vigilantes groups of the old west - Hanging
in the United States from Wikipedia - Wyoming
History from Wikipedia |
June |
Whitworth rifle from Wikipedia
- Jack Hinson from Wikipedia |
July |
Burt Alvord - Sam Bass - Louis H. Blonger
- Black Jack Christian
from Wikipedia |
August |
A few New Mexico Stage Stations - Lamy - Paul
Angel from Wikipedia |
September |
Fort Smith, Arkansas - Horse
and buggy
-
Fort Whipple, Arizona from
Wkipedia |
October |
Joseph McCoy - Abiline, Kansas - Baer Springs,
Kansas from Wikipedia |
fromovember |
Classic B-western stars ride again by
Dyrryle Purcell - Buffalo Bill - Jesse Evans from
Wikipedia |
December |
Fort Wingate - Fort Tejon from
Wikipedia |
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2014 Articles
January |
Ned Kelly from
Wikipedia |
February |
John Coffee Hays -
Burton
C. Mossman Hays - John Hicks Adams - James B Hume
from Wikipedia |
March |
Frontier gambler - Poker Alice - Soapy Smith
from Wikipedia |
April |
Johnson County War - Mason County war - San
Elizario Salt War from Wikipedia |
May |
Pima County Sheriff's Department - Keeping
the Peace Since 1885 - Civilian control of
the military from Wikipedia |
June |
The Three Gaurdsman - Sam Sixkiller
from Wikipedia |
July |
Indian Territory 1834
- 1907 from Wikipedia |
August |
Log Flume - Sanger, CA - Copper Queen Mine
- Charley Parhurst from Wikipedia |
September |
Roy Bean - Paden Tolbert - Fred White from
Wikipedia |
October |
White Oaks, NM - Linclon, NM - New Mexico
History from Wikipedia |
November |
Fort Smith, Arkansas - Benjamin Bonneville
- Frank Dalton - Evett Dumas Nik from Wikipedia |
December |
6 Wild Women of the old west from
Wikipedia |
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2013 Articles
January |
Lucerne Valley, Calif
- Dagget, Calif - Borate and Daggett Railroad
-
Searles
Valley Minerals from Wikipedia |
February |
American Frontier from Wikipedia |
March |
Chuck Wagon from Wikipedia
-
Fort Hays from Wikipedia - History Arizona
from
Wikipedia |
April |
Cowboy Heros (Tom Mix, William
Hart & William Boyd) from
Wikipedia |
May |
More Cowboy Heros (Duncan Renaldo,
Buck Jones & Gene Autry) from
Wikipedi |
June |
How About Women of the west (Annie
Oakley - Lucille Mulhall - Mollie Monroe - Belle Starr) from
Wikipedia |
July |
How About More Women of the west (Calamity
Jane - Josephine Sarah Marcos Earp - Pearl Hart Mulhall) from
Wikipedia |
August |
Jose Chavez Y Chavez - Josiah Gordon "Doc"
Scurlock - Dave Rudabaugh - Charlie Bowdre from
Wikipedia |
September |
Virgil Earp - Morgan Earp - James Earp - Warren
Earp from Wikipedia |
October |
San Francisco History from
Wikipedia |
November |
Cap & Ball - There are always questions
about caps. - Pleasant Valley War from Wikipedia |
December |
Henry Plummer from
Wikipedia - Elfego Baca from
Wikipedia - Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly from
Wikipedia |
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2012 Articles
January |
Questions & Answers (NEW)
- Cattle drives in the United States from Wikipedia -
The
Shawnee Trail Route from Wikipedia |
February |
Questions & Answers - Mexican–American
War from Wikipedia |
March |
Vaquero from Wikipedia
- Bird Cage Theater
from Wikipedia - Lasso
from
Wikipedia |
April |
Chaps from Wikipedia - Smith
& Wesson Model 3 from Wikipedia |
May |
Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. from
Wikipedia -
Allan Pinkerton from Wikipedia |
June |
Regional Prisons (featuring
Yuma, AZ - Leavenworht, KS - Huntsville, TX) from
Wikipedia |
July |
Western saloon from Wikipedia
- Bird Cage Theater from Wikipedia -
Long
Branch saloon
from Wikipedia |
August |
Hstory of Wells Fargo from
Wikipedia - Butterfield Overland Mail
from
Wikipedia |
September |
Gatlin Gun - Gatlin Gun Plateform from
Wikipedia |
October |
The Other .38-40 and How I Did It by
Lefty - SASS #361 - The Blacksmith from
Wikipedia |
November |
History of Los Angeles from
Wikipedia |
December |
Brass from Wikipedia (history
of brass..not cartridge cases) |
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2011 Articles
January |
"Thunder Valley" info link - Steve
Venard from Wikipedia -
Dalton Gang from
Wikipedia |
February |
"Thunder Valley" Scores Link - American Old
West from
Wikipedia |
March |
Reloading labor saving tips
by Cliff Hanger -
4 bore from Wikipedia - 2
bore from
Wikipedia |
April |
John Chisum from Wikipedia
- Who is Bruce Gleason? a short bio -
Lincoln
County War from Wikipedia |
May |
John Tunstall
from Wikipedia - Lawrence Murphy from
Wikipedia |
June |
May 24th 2011 we lost Red Sun SASS #635 -
More on the Winchester Model 1897 from
Wikipedia |
July |
Faro from
Wikipedia - Evans Rifle from imfdb
- Guns in the Movie Tombstone |
August |
Abilene, Kansasfrom Wikipedia
- Thomas J. Smith from Wikipedia - Derringer
from
Wikipedia |
September |
Deadwood, SD - Dora DuFran
& Mollie Johnson - Wild Bill Hickok – Davis Tutt
shootout
all from
Wikipedia |
October |
Frank Eaton from Wikipedia
-
Jeff Milton
from Wikipedia - and a couple
of interesting links. |
November |
Dime Novel from
Wikipedia -
Ned Buntline fromWikipedia
- Giuseppina Morlacchi
from Wikipedia |
December |
Historical Aspects and Black Powder Manufacturing
by
Michael A. Rosen, Ph.D., M.D. - Sharps Rifle from
Wikipedia-
Colt Revolving Rifle from
Wikipedia |
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2010 Articles
January |
End of the Era Match - Logging
and the Sawmills in San Bernardino Mt - "Long Guns
Of The West" Part 2 by
Tom Taylor |
February |
The First Gold Discovery in Calif (Not
Really) - End of the Era Match - "Long Guns Of The West" Part
3 by
Tom Taylor |
March |
Boron Calif from Wikipedia
-
Twenty Mule Team - "Long Guns Of The West" Part 4by
Tom Taylor |
April |
Bodie, California from Wikipedia
-
"Long
Guns of the West" Part 5 by Tom "Forty Rod" Taylor |
May |
Yellowstone From Wikipedia -
"Long
Guns of the West" Part 6 by
Tom "Forty Rod" Taylor |
June |
California & the Civil War from
Wikipedia - The Drum Barracks - "Long Guns of the West"
Part 7 by Tom "Forty Rod" Taylor |
July |
Salton Basin - Kelso, Calif- "Long Guns of
the West" Part 8 by Tom "Forty Rod"
Taylor - A note
coming from
Jayson Zimmerman |
August |
Where did the cowboy spur come from? - Gunpowder
from
Wikipedia - "Long Guns of the West" Part 9 by
Tom Taylor |
September |
The Life and Times of Aaron G. Lane by
Richard D. Thompson - "Long Guns of the West" Part 10 by
Tom "Forty Rod" Taylor |
October |
Marksmanship Fundamentals by
Larry Albach - Rose Mine - "Long Guns of the West" Part
11 by Tom "Forty Rod" Taylor |
November |
Wickenburg, AZ from Wikipedia
-
"Long Guns of the West" Part 12 by Tom “Forty Rod” Taylor |
December |
Thunder Valley info - History of Newberry
Springs / Zzyzx / Las Vegas from Wikipedia |
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2009 Articles
January |
New Matches for 2009 by
Red Sun SASS #635 - Horace Greeley from
Wikipedia |
February |
An All Rifles Match is scheduled for March
- History of San Bernardino, California from
Wikipedia |
March |
Bad News / Good News - The .38 Winchester
Center Fire Solution by Rowdy Yates - Kit
Carson from Wikipedia |
April |
Linea de Feugo Match - The Lunger - Winchester
Rifle from Wikipedia |
May |
Linea de Fuego - Snipers from
Wikipedia |
June |
Springfield Rifles from
Wikipedia |
July |
There Just Ain’t no Remington Model 1858 Revolvers
by
Lefty - Savage 1861 Navy Model - Primer Shortage |
August |
Death Valley from
Wikipedia - (just because it's hot) |
September |
Old Scout 1933-2009 - Match and Party to Honor
Old Scout at RRBar - Up Coming Events - History of Colton, CA |
October |
Serrano Indians - Up Coming Events |
November |
Thunder Valley - Old Scout Fundraiser - Prospecting
in San Bernardino National Forest - Cowboys from
Wikipedia |
December |
Thunder Valley 09 recap -
THUNDER
VALLEY by
Madd Mike -"Long Guns Of The West. Part 1"by
Tom Taylor |
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2008 Articles
January |
Brimstone Pistolero's "Thunder
Valley, Crisis at Chimney Rock" by Professor Fuller Bullspit
- Spencer Riflefrom Wikipedia |
February |
Dodge City, Kansas from
Wikipedia -Historical Visitors to Dodge City - Conestoga
Wagons - Studebaker from Wikipedia |
March |
DAMMITTS vs Dooleys by
Howdy Doody - Reloading Blackpowder Shotshells with Antique
Tooling – No 1 by Red Sun |
April |
Reloading Blackpowder Shotshells with Antique
Tooling –No 2 by
Red Sun - Shotguns
(More than you every
wanted to know) from Wikipedia |
May |
Reloading Blackpowder Shotshells with Antique
Tooling - No 3 by
Red Sun - Hotchkiss gun from
Wikipedia |
June |
Frontier Days No 12 Report by
Red Sun - Reloading Blackpowder Shotshells with Antique
Tooling – No 4 by Red Sun |
July |
Shotgun Barrel Length –
The Long and Short of Things by
Red Sun - Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants - Spurs |
August |
Reduced Black Powder Loads for the Shotgun
by Red Sun - The Paterson Colt by
Kerry Barlow -
Colt 1851 Navy Revolver from
Wikipedia - Kansas Cowtowns - Who, Really ? |
September |
"Thunder Valley" 2008- Volcanic Repeating
Arms from
Wikipedia - History of Rimfire Cartridgesfrom
Wikipedia -
Reloading
Bottleneck and Long Tapered Rifle Cases by
Cliff Hanger |
October |
"Chimney Rock had been quiet" a
very short story - "Thunder Valley" 2008 - Rifling
from
Wikipedia - Polygonal Rifling from
Wikipedia |
November |
"Thunder Valley" A stranger comes to Chimney
Rock by
Prof. Fuller Bullspit - Pan Lubing and Sizing Boolits
by
Howdy Doody |
December |
"Thunder Valley" 2008! -
Thunder
Valley 2008 is in the books, and what a story it was! by
Prof Bullspit - Native Americans in the United States from
Wikipedia |
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2007 Articles
January |
Wild Bill Hickok from
Wikipedia -
Jack McCall from
Wikipedia - The International Rifle Match
from Harper's Weekly, Oct 10, 1874 |
February |
Navy Arms long range rolling block by
Jim Gardner - Back in the Good Old Days by
Rowdy Yates - The Sharps by Joe Bilby |
March |
Put some spin on your Bullet by
Old Scout -
Hi Jolly from
Wikipedia - U.S. Camel Corps from
Wikipedia - Quartzsite by
Richard Busch |
April |
The H&R and NEF Ejector re-visited by
Old Scout -
What's Wrong with KD's by
Rowdy Yates |
May |
Long Range Sights by
Engineer BILL - Black Powder Shotgun Shells by
Tom Bullock |
June |
Black powder at Night by
Howdy Doody |
July |
History of Victorville - Willie Boy - Growth
of Lucerne Valley |
August |
The Most Common Field Pieces of the Civil
War by James Morgan -
Colt's Manufacturing
Company
from Wikipedia |
September |
History - Newberry Springs by
William E. Smith - Winchester Model 1887/1901 from
Wikipedia - "Thunder Valley" |
October |
Spencer repeating rifle from
Wikipedia -Winchester Model 1897 from
Wikipedia |
November |
Up Coming Thunder Valley Match by
Prof. Fuller Bullspit - Talking About Night Shooting by
Prof. Bullspit -
THE TRAIL TO THUNDER VALLEY by
Jailhouse Jim - more |
December |
"Thunder Valley" 2007 is over.
What did you think? |
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2006 Articles
January |
Testing Two Bullet Diameters in
a .38-55 H&R Target Classic by
Professor Bullspit - Update on 32-40 Project by
Old Scout |
February |
Splatter Isn't Necessary by
Calamity Jane Canary SASS 40978 Life |
March |
Custom Old Army Ruger - A Packin' Pistol
by Sarel - Book Review by
Engineer BILL |
April |
History of Black Powder from
The First Foot Guards |
May |
Making, Loading, and Shooting Paper Patched
Bullets by
Brent Danielson |
June |
PART 1 - The Pettingill Percussion Army Revolverby
David Radcliffe - Roll Crimping of Shotgun Shells by
M.C. Ryder |
July |
PART 2 - Rogers and Spencer Percussion Army
Revolver by David Radcliffe - Getting a Grip
by
Cliff Hanger
..................Ahoy! Brass Shot Shell by
Engineer BILL |
August |
The Le Mat Revolver by
Floyd Largent - M1865 to M1868 US Springfield by
Keith W. Doyon |
September |
Civil War Jefferson Bootees and Ankle Boots
by
Fugawee |
October |
History of the American Shot Tower by
Richard Hamilton |
November |
Cowboy boots by Art E Ayotte
- Wellington Boot
from Wikipedia - more boot history |
December |
Hats from
assorted sources |
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2005 Articles
January |
Gunpowder by
Rowdy Yates - Wads by
Old Scout - Related Article on Felt
Wads by Gatofeo |
February |
Fastest Gun in the west
by Frederick Jackson Turner -
Blood Lead Levels by
Cliff Hanger |
March |
Good Enough for Cowboy Shooting by
Rowdy Yates -
1873 SAA Colt by many |
April |
Choking the Shotgun by
Old Scout |
May |
Adventures in Black Powder Reloading by
Engineer BILL |
June |
Fire Forming Cartridges by
Old Scout |
July |
My perspective on knockdowns by
Rowdy Yates - Tip for capping by
Engineer BILL |
August |
The Cap and Ball Revolver by
Joe Bilby |
September |
Adjustable Charge Bars by
Cliff Hanger |
October |
Character Building! by
Forty Rod |
November |
Historic Badges of the Texas Rangers reprinted
from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum |
December |
History of the Railroad Police |
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