Matthew KernsDec 16, 20205 minPremiereBefore December 16, 1872 there was no “Wild West.” West of the Mississippi River there were gamblers and lawmen, thieves and cowboys,...
Matthew KernsDec 11, 20206 minTexas Jack as a Man-HunterThis story was printed in Beadle & Adam's The Banner Weekly on November 16, 1889. It is part of a series of purportedly true detective...
Matthew KernsNov 27, 20205 minThanksgiving 1873Families stuffed with turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie on the last Thursday of November in 1873 couldn't turn on the tv and watch...
Matthew KernsNov 20, 20206 minTime Wounds All HeelsTexas Jack had been dead for nine years, and his wife Giuseppina Morlacchi for less than three, when this story about Jack's grave in...