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Wells, Fargo & Co. Check 1872 for $400 in Gold to C.C. Pendergast Agt. about $500,000 in todays dollars

 

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                                "I cannot live without books" -Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

GUNS OF THE OLD WEST_______________________________________________
           Boorman, Dean K. 2002. Guns of the Old West: an Illustrated History. Guilford, CT, Lyons Press.
           Chapel, C. E. 1961. Guns Of The Old West. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.
           Elman, R. 1968. Fired In Anger: the Personal Handguns of American Heros and Villains.
           New York, NY, Doubleday & Co., Inc.
           Garavaglia, L. A. and Worman, C. G. 1984. Firearms of the American West 1803-1865.
           Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press.
           Garavaglia, L. A. and Worman, C. G. 1985. Firearms of the American West 1866-1894.
           Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press.
           Hamilton, T. M. 1981. Colonial Frontier Guns. Chadron, NE, The Fur Press.
           Hamilton, T.M. 1976. Firearms on the Frontier: Guns at Fort Michilimackinac 1715-1781.
           Williamston, MI, monograph by Mackinac Island State Park Commission.
           Haynes, C. Vance. 1996. General Custer & His Sporting Rifles. Tuscon, AZ.
           Westernlore Press.
           Kennedy, David. 2005. Guns of the Wild West: A Photographic Tour of the Guns that Shaped
           our Country's History
. Philadelphia, PA, Courage Books.
           O'Meara, Robert H. 2003. The Guns of the Gunfighters: lawmen, Outlaws and Hollywood
           Cowboys
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lola, WI, Krause PubLishing.
           O'Neal, Bill. 1979. Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters. Norman, OK, University of
           Oklahoma Press.
           Rattenbury, Richard. 1993. Packing Iron; Gunleather of the Frontier West. Milward, NY.
           Zon International Publishing Co.
           Rosa, J. G. 1985. Guns of the American West. London, England: Arms & Armour Press.
           Rosa, Joseph. 1993. The Taming of the West: Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on
           the Frontier 1840-1900.
New York, NY, Smithmark Publications.
           Rosebush, W. E. 1962. American Firearms and the Changing Frontier. Spokane, WA, Eastern Washington State Historical Society.
           Rosebush, W. E. 1958. Frontier Steel, The Men and Their Weapons. Appleton, WI, C. C.
           Nelson Publishing Co.
           Russell, C. P. 1967. Firearms, Traps And Tools Of The Mountain Men. New York, NY,
           Alfred A. Knopf.
           Russell, C. P. 1957. Guns On The Early Frontiers. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA,
           University of California Press.
           Sherayko, Peter. 2005. Tombstone: The Guns and Gear. Shadow Hills, CA, Caravan West Productions.
           Wilson, R.L. 1992. The Peacemakers Arms and Adventure in the American West.
           New York, NY, Random House.
           Worman, Charles G. 2005. Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather Firearms in the 19th
           Century American West
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Albuquerque, NM, Univ. of N.M. Press.


Also see Gun Collecting Books and Indian Gun Books

 

COWBOY AND WESTERN COLLECTIBLES_____________________________________
            Ahlborn, Richard E. (ed.) 1980. Man Made Mobile Early Saddles of Western North America.
            Smithsoian Institution Press, Washington, D. C.
            Annon. 1980. the Cowboy Catalog Rh Value Publishing
            Ball, Robert W.D. 1997. Western Memorabilia and Collectibles. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA.
            Ball, Robert W.D. & Vebell, Ed. 1993. Western Memorabilia and Collectibles. Schiffer Publishing,
            Atglen, PA.
            Beatie, Russel H. 1982. Saddles. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK.
            Beitz, Les. 1966. Treasury of Frontier Relics. Edwin House, New York, NY.
            Brown, Mark H.; Felton, W. R. 1956. Before Barbed Wire.Bramhall House, New York, NY.
            Friedman, Michael. 1992. Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier of American Antiques.
            Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, PA.
            Forbis, William H. 1973. The Old West: The Cowboys. Time-Life Books.
            Grant, Bruce. 1951. The Cowboy Encyclopedia. Rand McNally, Chicago, IL.
            Harris, Allan. 1985. The Olde Bridle Bite Collectors Guide. Mark Twain Press, Arlington Heights, IL.
            Haug, LeRoy C. & Gerhard A. Malm. 1985. Bible of Bridle Bits. Published by LeRoy Haug &
            Gerhard A. Malm.
            Heide, Robert; Gilman, John. 1982. Cowboy Collectibles. Harper & Row, New York, NY.
            Ketchum, William C, Jr. 1980. Western Memorabilia. Hammond, Maplewood, NJ.
            Kopec, John A. editor. 1979. Old West Antiques and Collectibles. Great American Publishing Co,
            Austin, TX.
            Mackin, Bill. 1993. Cowboy and Gunfighter collectibles. Mountain Press Publishing Company,
            Missoula, MT.
            Morgan Baillargeon, Leslie Tepper. 1998. Legends of Our Times Native Cowboy Life.
            Univ. of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC.1998.
            Pattie, Jane. 1991. Cowboy Spurs and their makersTexas A & M University Press,
            College Station, TX.
            Rice, Lee M., and Glenn R. Vernam. 1975. They Saddled the West. Cornell Maritime Press,
            Cambridge, MD.
            Van Meter, David L. 1984. G S Garcia Elko Nevada. Avail Publ. Co., Reno. NV.
            Watts, Peter. 1977. Dictionary of the Old West. Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated

COWBOY AND WESTERN TOYS____________________________________________
            Hake, Ted. 1994. Hakes Guide to Cowboy Character Collectibles. Wallace-Homestead Book Co,
            New York, NY.

COWBOYS, OUTLAWS & LAWMEN____________________________________________
Clay Allison
    Robert Clay Allison "Clay", Born September 2, 1840, died July 3, 1887 Confederate soldier and gunfighter
    buried in Pecos Cemetery, Pecos Texas
    Clay Allison: Texas killer
      Clay Allison - Spartacus Educational
      Robert Clay Allison - Find A Grave
      Clay Allison - Wikipedia
      The True Story of Clay Allison and Wyatt Earp Dodge City, KS
      Allison, Robert Clay - Handbook of Texas Online
      Clay Allison - Answers.com
      Robert Clay Allison
      Clay Allison - Western Outlaw Lawman History Association
      The day Wyatt Earp Didn't Show or Everyone Hide, Clay Allison's in Dodge by Roger Myers
      Some Notes on Kansas Cowtown Police Officers and Gunfighters by Nyle H. Miller and Joseph W. Snell


Bloody Bill Anderson
William T. Anderson " Bloody Bill " born around 1839 in Kentucky  Died October 26, 1864 Albany, Missouri. Confederate guerrilla withll's
     Capt. William Anderson (Bloody Bill) - Civil War History
     William T. Anderson - Wikipedia
     William "Bloody Bill" Anderson - By J. Mark Hord
     William "Bloody Bill" Anderson - PBS.org
     William T "Bloody Bill" Anderson
     Spies, Raiders & Partisans - William Anderson  "Bloody Bill"  1840-October 26, 1864
     William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson - Find A Grave
     William T. Anderson - Answers.com
     Bloody Bill Anderson - Everything
     William T. Anderson-
Reference.com
Angus, W.E.

Henry Antrim - see Billy The Kid
John Barclay Armstrong Born January 1, 1850 at McMinnville, Tennessee, Died May 1, 1913 at Armstrong, Texas. A Texas Ranger and a United States Marshal notible for the capture of the famous gunfighter John Wesley Hardin.

John Jacob Astor

Born Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob Astor July 17, 1763 Walldorf, Germany. Died March 29, 1848 Manhattan, New York aged 84. Fur

Judge Roy Bean
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. Born around 1825, Mason County, Kentucky, Died March 16, 1903 Langtry, Val Verde County, Texas. Roy Bean an eccentric saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who refered to himself as "The Law West of the Pecos".

John Behan
John Harris Behan Born Kansas City, Missouri October 23, 1844. He died at Tucson, Arizona on June 7, 1912. Behan was sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory including the town of Tombstone. Behan is known for being county sheriff at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral October 26, 1881.

Billy the Kid - Henry McCarty
Henry McCarty reportedly born November 23, 1859 New York City, New York . Died July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico, age 21.
Known as Billy the Kid,other the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, outlaw involved in the Lincoln County

Tulsa Jack Blake
William "Tulsa Jack" Blake ( 1859? Kansas. Died April 4, 1895, in Major County, Oklahoma. Shot by a posses lead by Deputy Marshal Will Banks. Was a member of the Wild Bunch gang.

D.G. Bligh

William H. Bonney - see Billy The Kid


Blue Duck
Blue Duck also known as Bluford Duck, Indian name Sha-con-gah Born around 1858 Cherokee Nation, Died 1895 in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Blue Duck was an outlaw known for a photograph taken around the mid-1870's, in which he posed with girlfriend Belle Starr, a famous female outlaw and prostitute.


Calamity Jane
Born Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane Born May 1, 1852, Princeton, Missouri. Died August 1, 1903 in Terry, South Dakota. Buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, South Dakota beside Wild Bill Hickok.

Frank M. Canton
Frontier trails   Author: Frank M Canton;


Butch Cassidy
Born Robert LeRoy Parker April 15, 1866 Beaver, Utah. Supposedly died November 7, 1908 San Vicente, Bolivia.



Ned Christie
The Killing of Ned Christie    Author: Bonnie Stahlman Speer, Gregory Lalir...


William Clark Born August 1, 1770 Virginia. Died September 1, 1838, St. Louis, Missouri. was an American explorer, soldier famous for co-commander of the Corps of Discovery - Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Buffalo Bill Cody
William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody) born near Le Claire Iowa Territory February 26, 1846
Died January 10, 1917 (aged 70) Denver, Colorado
In 1895, William Cody was instrumental in the founding the town of Cody. Cody acquired the TE Ranch , located on the South Fork of the Shoshone River about thirty-five miles southwest of Cody, Wyoming.


William Clark Born August 1, 1770 Virginia. Died September 1, 1838, St. Louis, Missouri. was an American explorer, soldier famous for co-commander of the Corps of Discovery - Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Dynamite Dick Clifton

Buffalo Bill Cody
William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody) born near Le Claire Iowa Territory February 26, 1846
Died January 10, 1917 (aged 70) Denver, Colorado
In 1895, William Cody was instrumental in the founding the town of Cody. Cody acquired the TE Ranch , located on the South Fork of the Shoshone River about thirty-five miles southwest of Cody, Wyoming.
Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show Col. Wm.f. Cody  
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W.F. Cody Author: James W. Wojtowicz
Buffalo Bill Cody   Author: Karen Bornemann Spies
The Life of Buffalo Bill   Author: Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill's America    Author: Louis S. Warren
The Business of Being Buffalo Bill    Author: Sarah J. Blackstone
Buffalo Bill Cody    Author: Michael E Goodman
Last of the Great Scouts The Life Story of Col. Willia... Author: Helen Cody Wetmore
   
DVD  
   
Cody! - An Evening With Buffalo Bill
Carson & Cody - The Hunter Heroes
   



George Armstrong Custer Born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio. Died at the Little Big Horn, Montana June 25, 1876.


Earp, Wyatt
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp March 19, 1848, Monmouth, Illinois. Died January 13, 1929, Los Angeles, California age 80.

John C. Fremont
Born John Charles Frémon Born January 21, 1813, Savannah, Georgia. Died July 13, 1890, New York, New York age 77. A military officer, explorer and politician.


Pat Garrett
Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garrett Born June 5, 1850, Chambers County, Alabama. Died February 29, 1908, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Pat F. Garrett's the Authentic Life of Billy the Kid   Author: Pat F. Garrett, Frederick W. Nolan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as I Knew Them   Author: John P. Wilson



John Wesley Hardin Born May 26, 1853, Bonham, Texas. Died August 19, 1895, El Paso, Texas aged 42.


John Henry "Doc" Holliday Born August 14, 1851, Griffin, Georgia. Died November 8, 1887, Glenwood Springs, Colorado age 36.

Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy a fictional cowboy, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford a popular stories, novels and TV series.
      Hopalong Cassidy

Horn, Tom
Thomas "Tom" Horn, Jr. Born November 21, 1860, Scotland County, Missouri. Died November 20, 1903, Cheyenne, Wyoming. aged 42.



Meriwether Lewis born August 18, 1774, Ivy, Albemarle County, Virginia. Died October 11, 1809, Grinder's Stand, Hohenwald, Tennessee aged 35. was an American explorer, soldier famous for co-commander of the Corps of Discovery - Lewis and Clark Expedition.


Longbaugh, Harry (Sundance Kid)
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh born in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania 1867. Presumed died November 6 1908 near San Vicente in southern Bolivia?


Masterson, Bat (Bartolomew)
William Barclay "Bat" Masterson Born November 26, 1853, Henryville, Montérégie, Quebec. Died October 25, 1921, New York City, New York age 67.


Mather, Dave
Dave Allen Mather Born August 10, 1851, Connecticut. Date of death unknown, probably May 1886.


Parker, Robert Leroy (Butch Cassidy)
Butch Cassidy - Born (Robert LeRoy Parker) 13 April 1866. Died 6 November 1908 (assumed) San Vicente, Bolivia
Pinkerton, Allan
Allan Pinkerton Born 25 August 1819, Glasgow, Scotland. Died 1 July 1884, Chicago, Illinois age 64. Founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

William Clark Quantrill

The Devil Knows How to Ride
Author: Edward E. Leslie; Buy New: $16.42
Quantrill of Missouri
Author: Paul R. Petersen; Buy New: $20.48
Quantrill's War
Author: Duane Schultz; Buy New: $16.95
Quantrill's Thieves
Author: Joseph K., Jr. Houts; Buy New: $22.76
Quantrill in Texas
Author: Paul R. Petersen; Buy New: $16.47



Bass Reeves

Black Gun, Silver Star
Author: Art T. Burton; $17.22


Rogers, Roy
      Roy Rogers
Roosevelt, Theodore
........Theodore Roosevelt Association

Smith, Jefferson "Soapy"
      Friends of Badman Soapy Smith - The Soapy Smith Presentation Trust

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