151 years ago, a journey to Africa began that would garner international fame. In March, Henry Morton Stanley set out from Zanzibar to find a missing British explorer. The intrepid Stanley would always be remembered for this … Read the article
They were the two most famous plainsmen of the American West, and they shared the same first name. Well, sort of. William Cody came to be known as Buffalo Bill and James Butler Hickok came to be … Read the article
It should surprise no one that Wild Bill Hickok was a ladies’ man. As detailed in my book Wild Bill there were quite a few romances during his too-short life, some with local ladies referred to as “Indian Annies” … Read the article
With Major League Baseball emerging from its winter slumber, fans tend to acknowledge what anniversaries the new season brings us. In 2019, it was the centennial of the infamous Black Sox scandal, when gangsters fixed the outcome … Read the article