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Nasty little coal bombs. In January 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis sat at his desk in the Richmond White House, admiring a new secret weapon. What resembled nothing more than a lump of coal was in fact a miniature torpedo, or mine. It had started out as a hollow iron casting, about 4 inches to …
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Letters from Readers- Wild West February 2014JOSIE’S AGE In Lee Silva’s “Pioneers & Settlers” article October 2013 about Wyatt Earp and Josie’s marriage, I was wondering about some of the dates. At one spot it says that W… Read MoreMedicine Men Accused of ‘Malpractice’ Sometimes Faced the Ultimate PenaltyRevenge-minded relatives and tribesmen took extreme measures. The Wishram medicine man struggled as men bound his hands and feet, looped a noose around his neck and tied the other … Read MoreRemington Double Derringers Were Sometimes Twice as NiceThey were the longest-lived of all the Old West handguns. In 1850 Henry Deringer produced his namesake gun, a big-bore, back-action-lock, single-shot, cap-and-ball pocket pistol. T… Read MoreHe Tried to Solve Earth’s Mysteries And Left a Few Mysteries of His Own- Clarence KingFamed geologist Clarence King led a double life in later years. Clarence King was a human enigma as profound and mysterious as any geologic discovery he made—and he made many. He s… Read MoreLetter from the Editor- Wild West February 2014Do motherhood and the frontier mix? Obviously mothers were out there—emigrating ones, developing foot sores and often much worse as they walked beside wagons bound for Oregon, Cali… Read More
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