The book signing at Barnes & Noble in Citrus Heights was a real pleasure. There were many people waiting to get a copy of the John Wayne biography and hear stories about the women of the Old West containted in some of the other titles. It’s a treat to meet such avid readers. Some of read more…

Buffalo Bill Cody was one of the most famous characters in the Old West. By the time he was eleven he had ridden shotgun on a freight wagon and killed a man trying to attack the teamsters pushing supplies to Utah. Articles were written about him, fame was eminent. He was a household name when read more…

I’m dressed in my Old West garb and ready to hit the road to speak at a book store about marketing books and promotions. I’m looking forward to the program, but am heart broken for my brother Scott and his wife, Linda. Linda lost her son this past week and both she and Scott are read more…

The least stressful part about working on the Roy Rogers Dale Evans movie project has been dealing with Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black. Not only are they the best choice for the roles of Roy and Dale, but they are kind, humble people. I had the pleasure of going back stage at Clint’s concert read more…

I have decided, along with my attorney, to elliminate the guest book portion of the website starting today. There are certain people who want to use my site as a forum for their own personal agenda. I received the first such guest book addition in Decemember and assumed the evil ones who were writing would read more…

To those folks who read my daily journals…. Please forgive the vile allegations of people who continue to add their thoughts to my guest book. My brother was a good man and was wrongly accused. I find it interesting for people who have moved on that they even read my journal at all. I guess read more…

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and some of the Old West romances I’ve been able to write about come to mind. One of the sweetest romantic stories (told in the book ‘Love Untamed’) was the romance between Frank Butler and Annie Oakley. The couple performed their sharpshooting acts together. Butler soon realized it was his read more…

I’ve been spending the last few days with either Buffalo Bill Cody or the men from the most intrepid posse in the Old West. I’m including in this post a few paragraphs from chapter seven of the posse book. I’m excited to tell the story of the men who successful brought in Dora Hand’s killer. read more…

There doesn’t seem to be a great deal of forgiveness practiced in the area of the Old West I’ve been writing about as of late. Neither Bat Masterson or Wyatt Earp decided to simply forgive the people who killed their brothers. They did away with them. I don’t know how they felt afterwards. I’d like read more…