by Melfi McLain | Mar 1, 2015 | Where They Bury You
If there is a more tragic figure in the 19th Century West than the great Cheyenne Peace Chief Black Kettle, I have yet to find him. In my earlier blogs, I related how John Chivington and the Colorado Volunteers massacred the Peace Chief’s Sand Creek village in...
by Melfi McLain | Feb 1, 2015 | Where They Bury You
THE AMAZING STORY OF FORT WICKED Where were we? Oh, yes. November 29, 1864. The massacre of Black Kettle’s peaceful village at Sand Creek. The aftermath? Well, it will come as no surprise that the Colorado settlers and ranchers paid a very high price for...
by Melfi McLain | Jan 4, 2015 | Where They Bury You
When Western History Turns Out, In Fact, Finally To Be WESTERN FICTION Those of us who write (or, at times, TRY) to write engaging western fiction and, in particular, western historical fiction, are at times amused or appalled when facts turn out to be fiction. This...
by Melfi McLain | Dec 16, 2014 | Where They Bury You
link: http://ow.ly/FYbSO STORYTELLER’S 7: STEVEN W. KOHLHAGEN, CON ARTISTS OF THE FRONTIER Written by Tom Rizzo on December 16th, 2014 under “Best Western of 2014”, Steven W. Kohlhagen, StoryTeller’s 7, Tiger Found, Where They Bury You. Comments 2...
by Melfi McLain | Dec 9, 2014 | Where They Bury You
Flash back 151 years to February 1863. At that time Kit Carson was a bona fide American hero. It’s right there in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick: frontiersman, mountain man, Indian fighter. He was also a hero of the Mexican-American War, “Father Kit” to his Ute and...
