Peerless
On July 25th, 1886, the world lost Giuseppina Morlacchi. Giuseppina, who was called "The Peerless" by the American press, "Josephine" by...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jul 11, 2019
- 5 min
The Great Rascal
Edward Zane Carroll Judson, better known to the American public that devoured his stories as Ned Buntline, died 133 years ago on July the...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jul 10, 2019
- 4 min
The Boy Fiend
By the spring of 1874, Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill had finished two complete dramatic tours. The first, The Scouts of the Prairie with...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 28, 2019
- 3 min
June 28, 1880
139 years ago today, on June 28th, 1880, Texas Jack Omohundro died in Leadville, Colorado. Just 33 years old, Jack had squeezed a lot of...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 25, 2019
- 2 min
The Battle of the Greasy Grass
143 years ago, Texas Jack was in Philadelphia getting ready to participate in the events of the American Centennial. His plans would soon...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 17, 2019
- 4 min
History's Connections
How is Texas Jack Omohundro, a cowboy who rose to fame in the 1870s, connected to one of the greatest horror books and movies ever made? ...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
The oldest man on Utah Beach
75 years ago today, only one general landed by sea with the first wave of troops to brave the beaches of Normandy. The man who led the...
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Matthew Kerns
- Jun 3, 2019
- 2 min
Curtain Call
On June 3rd, 1876, Texas Jack Omohundro and Buffalo Bill Cody played their last show together at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington,...
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Matthew Kerns
- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
William the Wild
182 years ago, on May 27, 1837, James Butler Hickok was born in Homer, Illinois. When he met Texas Jack Omohundro in Hays City, Kansas...
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Matthew Kerns
- May 22, 2019
- 2 min
Memorial Day 2019
Before they were legends of the Wild West, the three men who would be billed as "The Scouts of the Plains" were soldiers—veterans of the...
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Matthew Kerns
- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
Cavalry Cavalier
Often we talk of the Civil War as a war where brothers fought brothers. For Flora Cooke Stuart, it was a war between the two most...
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Matthew Kerns
- May 9, 2019
- 2 min
He Could Not Stay
On April 20th, 1876, the Scouts were playing in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first act of their play Life on the Border had just...
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Matthew Kerns
- May 2, 2019
- 1 min
Top Billing
Newspaper advertisements from the 1870s show that in different cities, different men were given top billing. Initially Ned Buntline, as...
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Matthew Kerns
- Apr 24, 2019
- 2 min
What's in a Name
In April of 1873, as Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill were playing to packed houses at Niblo's Garden on Broadway, a new play was announced at...
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Matthew Kerns
- Apr 19, 2019
- 7 min
Daring Donald McKay
“Donald McKay, the leader of the Warm Springs braves, is a man just six feet high and well proportioned, the son of a noted Scotch...
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Matthew Kerns
- Apr 12, 2019
- 3 min
John M. Burke - Pioneer of Promotion
On April 12, 1917, John M. Burke passed away in relative obscurity in Washington D.C. and was buried in an unmarked grave. The unmarked...
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Matthew Kerns
- Apr 5, 2019
- 2 min
Baptiste Bayhaylle
This portrait, taken some time between 1870 and 1872, shows four Kitkehaki Pawnee men and Baptiste Bayhaylle, a Pawnee interpreter of...
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Matthew Kerns
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
April 1st, 1873
On April 1st, 1873, the Scouts of the Prairie were playing their second show on Broadway. They'd opened in Chicago the preceding December...
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Matthew Kerns
- Mar 23, 2019
- 4 min
Ned Buntline
196 years ago, on March 20th, 1821, Edward Zane Carroll Judson was born. Under his pen name, Ned Buntline, he wrote the stories that...
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Matthew Kerns
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
The Rivers of Nebraska
The Missouri River. The Platte River. The Republican River. While Texas Jack and his friend Buffalo Bill Cody were scouting, hunting...
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