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Book Review: The Yeggman's Apprentice

August 28, 2020
Two-time Spur Award winning author C.K. Crigger delivers a compelling, action-packed romance with her new title, The Yeggman’s Apprentice. First, a definition: A “yeggman” is a burglar, specifically a person who breaks into safes.  In Crigger’s book, set in the early 20th Century, the yeggman’s apprentice is a young woman.  Wilkie (Wilhelmina) Van Slyke is...

Welcome To Love Valley, NC: No Cars Allowed!

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August 12, 2020
Situated in the foothills of the Brushy Mountains near Statesville, North Carolina, the town of Love Valley is a horse lover’s dream! This town was made for cowboys and cowgirls who love to ride. There’s a simple rule though- no cars are allowed! Founded in the 1960s by Andy Barker, this town is filled with...

Wild Women Of The West: The Busy Bee Club

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June 2, 2020
“Wanted:  A nice, plump, healthy, good natured, good looking domestic and affectionate lady to correspond.  Object – matrimony.  She must be between 22 and 35 years of age.  She must be a believer in God and immortality, but no sectarian.  She must not be a gad-about or given to scandal but must be one who...

History Buffs, Here's A Billy The Kid Suitcase

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May 13, 2020
Old West history is hypnotizing for some cowgirls. Chris West of Chris West Originals just got a custom order for a Billy The Kid suitcase. “The ‘KID’ custom suitcase for a gal who is an Old West historian!” Chris wrote on Instagram. “She sent me the photo and I went to town on this vintage...

Wild Women Of The West: Pearl Hart

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December 3, 2019
The stage driver slammed his foot against the brake lever and hauled back on the reins, yanking the team to a jerking, but quick halt.  He stared, jaw agape, into the steady barrels of a Navy .36 and a Colt .45. Behind the guns stood a hefty man twirling a black handlebar mustache and another...

Book Review: A Slip On Golden Stairs

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September 9, 2019
Who doesn’t love a good, romantic ghost story?  Author Joanne Sundell delivers a chilling and thought-provoking tale that captures your heart at the same time you’re listening to haunting voices beyond the grave.  Set in Dyea, Alaska, the story centers around Abby Gray, a young engineering student who accepts an internship position at an archaeological...

Wild Women of the West: Ethel Bush Berry

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August 27, 2019
Bitterly cold snow flurries pelted the determined features of twenty-one-year-old Ethel Berry’s face as she drove her dog sled over the Chilkoot Pass in Alaska. Clad in a pair of men’s mackinaw breeches and moccasins, she cracked her whip over the team of animals hauling an enormous mound of supplies behind them. Ethel was slowly...

Wild Women of the West: Anne Jeffreys

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August 13, 2019
In many of the films actress Anne Jeffreys made for Republic Pictures she played a damsel in perilous situations.  Neither the studio nor the performer could imagine how much those movies would affect the lives of young, ticket buyers.  A letter from a fan written to the motion picture studio in the summer of 1945...

Wild Women of the West: Belle Ryan Cora

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July 30, 2019
“Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.”  Historian Charles Lamb – 1823   The New World gambling parlor in Marysville, California in 1851 was filled with prospectors and sojourners eager to lay their money down on a game of chance.  Patrons could choose from...
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