January 11th, 2010

More than 130 years ago today the folks at Fort Sumner, New Mexico were dealing with another murder at the hand of Billy the Kid. Billy shot and killed Joe Grant after having disabled the man’s gun earlier in the day. In 1894 in Bannock, Montana Sheriff Henry Plummer was hanged by vigilantes. You can read all about the corrupt Sheriff’s activities in the book Outlaw Tales of California. His career as a notorious outlaw began in the California. I’m off on a promotional tour for the new book The Many Loves of Buffalo Bill. First stop, Vegas. With regards to the threatening emails and hundreds of pornographic images that were sent to my business website on New Year’s Eve, the authorities have traced the IP address back to the user. Although the perpetrator removed the offensive material they posted about me from the livejournal.com site they could not remove the IP address information. I’m taking much of the historical research I have about the Custers on my trip. Hope to get a lot of work done between lectures and signing events. I was invited to speak at an event in Lone Pine, California in March. Many, many western were filmed there. It’s a beautiful spot. I still prefer Dodge City, Kansas however. If I can’t move to Dodge any time soon I’ve got to arrange another book signing event at the location. I’ll update my journal once I return from my trip. And as my life is generally not without controversary, I’m sure I’ll have a lot to write about.