Sonnichsen was a Harvard-trained historian teaching in El Paso who almost single-handedly recovered the stories of the great feuds that wracked Texas for a decade after the Civil War. If you believe, ...

On the Friday evening of July 21, 1865, a recently discharged Confederate soldier named Davis Tutt stood in the courthouse square of Springfield, Mo. He wore a leather duster and he carried a pistol ...

Bryan Burrough, author of "The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild," is fascinated by the “gunfighter era” — which took place from 1865 to 1901 — and colorful Old West characters like Doc ...

TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan - Soldiers gather in anticipation as the sound of three SUVs loaded with cargo approach Task Force Gunfighters, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, headquarters ...

Bob Charnes can’t remember the first time he aimed a six-shooter at a fellow human being and pulled the trigger, enjoying the rich scent of smoking gunpowder as his victim crumpled to the ground. Nor ...

FORT SILL, Okla.-It wasn't the Ok Corral and Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday weren't here but marksmen from the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade showcased their skills with the tools of the warrior trade ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. One Marine died and another was hospitalized after their helicopter crashed in a desert area of Imperial County ...

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