"The Shooting of Wild Bill Hickok",
True West Magazine, August 2001.
The true narration of the actual shooting of Wild Bill Hickok in the No. 10 Saloon on August 2, 1876. Adapted
from the new book, "Wild Bill Hickok: Deadwood City- End of Trail", the story provides the best-researched account
of this historic event, including the factual placement of all the participants involved with the shooting.
"Location of The Trial of Jack McCall", True West Magazine, August 2001.
The location of the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok at the No. 10 Saloon has been known for 125 years. However,
the name of the theater building and the physical location of the trial of Jack McCall in Deadwood has been lost to history,
until know. Detailed account of the search for the Deadwood Theatre- the actual location of the Deadwood City trial of Jack
McCall on August 3, 1876.
"Interview with Joseph G. Rosa", True West Magazine, August
2001.
Special full-length interview with the world's foremost leading authority on Wild Bill Hickok. Joe Rosa wrote
the definitive autobiographical book on Wild Bill that was released in 1964 as, "They Called Him Wild Bill- The Life and
Adventures of James Butler Hickok". Rosa gained direct access to Hickok's living descendants, obtaining original letters
and other documents written by Wild Bill himself, and has written four other book publications related to his frontier hero.
"The First Meeting of Jack McCall and Wild Bill Hickok", Deadwood Magazine,
August 2001.
It has been well documented, but is of little known fact today, that Wild Bill Hickok and Jack McCall actually
played cards together just the night before McCall shot and killed Hickok in the No. 10 Saloon on the afternoon of August
2, 1876. McCall was using an alias by the name of Bill Sutherland, and lost heavily to Wild Bill, apparently to the point
of actually being broke. Hickok generously offered McCall loose change for decent meal out of sympathy for the young miner,
which Jack declined to accept. The story is a fictional account based on facts made available from this first meeting between
the two men, whom were destined for immortal folklore and history the following day.
"Texas Jack Omohundro", Wild West Magazine, October 2001.
The story of Texas Jack Omohundro, Confederate Civil War veteran, original Texas cowboy, frontier scout, hunting
guide to European royalty, dime novel hero, actor, and newspaper correspondent. Texas Jack was as well known in his time as
his good friends Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody, and lived a life as diverse and adventurous as the other two famous
scouts. His unexpected death in 1880 from pneumonia at the age of 33 in Leadville, Colorado may have prevented him from obtaining
the lasting immortality that the other two would achieve.
"Pards with Texas Jack Omohundro", Shoot! Magazine, April 2001.
Reprint of the Wild West Magazine article on Texas Jack Omohundro.
