History Features
Madonna of the Western Trails
- Published March 31, 2007
- Written by Cindy Thomson
Dragging a weary child and cradling a baby, she knew how to fire a weapon and kept her gun close. Just exactly where she was going, she didn’t know.
Robbing the Yankees
- Published March 31, 2007
- Written by John Koblas
The year was 1871, and the infamous James-Younger Gang was looking for some new revenue sources. The boys had pretty much stuck to targets in their home state of Missouri during the first five years of their outlaw careers (they’d pulled one job in Kentucky). But they were about to go north. They were going to give Iowa a try.
Ugly Ducklings of Frontier Six-shooters
- Published March 31, 2007
- Written by Phil Spangenberger
The few surviving factory records reveal that Merwin, Hulbert & Co. was organized in 1874, when New England inventive genius and savvy businessman Joseph Merwin joined forces with William A. and M.H. Hulbert—two brothers who had enjoyed a fair degree of success as businessmen and financiers.
Robbing the Yankees
- Published March 01, 2007
- Written by John Koblas
The year was 1871, and the infamous James-Younger Gang was looking for some new revenue sources.
