Buffalo Bill & Texas Jack
Three years after his best friend Texas Jack's death in 1880, Buffalo Bill was feeling nostalgic. He had just launched the Wild West...
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Matthew Kerns
- Nov 17
- 2 min
Filling In The Blanks
I maintain a list of known Texas Jack performances, both with Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill and with his own combination, over at...
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Matthew Kerns
- Nov 15
- 2 min
The Most Valuable Image of Buffalo Bill
Is this the most valuable image of Buffalo Bill Cody in the world? Experts estimate that it could fetch upwards of $15 Million at auction...
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Matthew Kerns
- Nov 9
- 2 min
Chief of Men
This is Pitaresaru (Chief of Men), who was the leader of the Chaui band of the Pawnee and head chief of the Pawnee. During the years...
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Matthew Kerns
- Oct 19
- 2 min
The Scouts in Richmond
On Monday Evening, October 18th, 1875, the "Original Select Combination" starring Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, and the...
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Matthew Kerns
- Oct 7
- 2 min
The Law in Hays
From the Burlington, Vermont, Burlington Free Press October 6, 1869. We met at Fort Hays a somewhat notorious character named "Wild Bill."...
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Matthew Kerns
- Sep 30
- 2 min
Lawsuit
In December of 1868, Giuseppina Morlacchi was involved in a lawsuit in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper of December 4,...
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Matthew Kerns
- Sep 22
- 8 min
See Saw
This article appeared in the Leadville Daily Herald on September 21, 1882, two years after the death of Texas Jack. John M. Burke was...
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Matthew Kerns
- Sep 21
- 2 min
Review of America's Best Female Sharpshooter
America's Best Female Sharpshooter: The Rise and Fall of Lillian Frances Smith by Julia Bricklin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A casual student of history might...
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Matthew Kerns
- Sep 18
- 3 min
The Scouts in Nashville
One September 19th and 20th, 1873, The Scouts of the Plains played the Grand Opera House in Nashville, Tennessee. Buffalo Bill and Texas...
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Matthew Kerns
- Sep 9
- 4 min
Shantytown Fire
There were only three legal buildings on Elm Avenue by September 9, 1876. Three buildings where the owners had filed permits, built...
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Matthew Kerns
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Texas Jack at the Centennial
Texas Jack made big plans for the 1876 American Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, with no way of knowing that just about everything...
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Matthew Kerns
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Image Enhancement CdV
While researching my book, Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star, I looked many times at the few existing pictures of Jack. So I was...
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Matthew Kerns
- Aug 16
- 7 min
Will Rogers Was No Damned Good
A recent Facebook discussion on the relationship between Texas Jack Omohundro, Texas Jack Junior, and Will Rogers brought up an article...
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Matthew Kerns
- Aug 8
- 1 min
1873 Playbill
A playbill from the Scouts of the Prairie on January 18, 1873, at the Pittsburgh Opera House, starring Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, Ned...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Texas Jack Among The Game
This letter was sent by Texas Jack Omohundro to the Spirit of the Times magazine in July of 1877. In Camp On The Sweetwater, WY...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jul 12
- 3 min
Return of Buffalo Bill & Texas Jack
From the Omaha Evening Bee - July 17, 1873. Yesterday William Cody, otherwise known as Buffalo Bill, and J.B. Omohundro, or Texas Jack,...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jul 9
- 3 min
An Interview with the Greatest Living Path-Finder
TEXAS JACK! An Interview with the Greatest Living Path-Finder He Talks of His Recent Experiences Among the Mountains His Condemnation of...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Texas Jack and the Grand Buffalo Hunt
From the Omaha Evening Bee, Saturday, June 22, 1872. TEXAS JACK THE NIAGARA FALLS BUFFALO HUNT SOME INTERESTING PERSONAL FACTS...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 28
- 4 min
You Don't Know Jack
Think you know about the American West? You don't know Jack. When Texas Jack died 142 years ago on June 18th, 1880, he was the most...
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