D.T. Christensen, Author at OldWest https://www.oldwest.org/author/dustin/ American West History & Wild West Legends Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:11:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.oldwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-OW-Favicon-1-150x150.jpg D.T. Christensen, Author at OldWest https://www.oldwest.org/author/dustin/ 32 32 Olive Oatman: Tattooed Captive of the Frontier https://www.oldwest.org/olive-oatman-captive/ https://www.oldwest.org/olive-oatman-captive/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:28:40 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=7228 olive oatman

In the summer of 1850, the Oatman family headed west with visions of a promised land in the…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/olive-oatman-captive/feed/ 0 Rufus Buck and His Gang: A Tale of Violence and Frontier Justice https://www.oldwest.org/rufus-buck/ https://www.oldwest.org/rufus-buck/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:04:17 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=6682 rufus buck gang

On July 1, 1896, five young men, chained and dressed in black, walked to the gallows at Fort…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/rufus-buck/feed/ 4 74 Western Tattoo Ideas, from Cowboy Skulls to Scorpions https://www.oldwest.org/western-tattoo-ideas/ https://www.oldwest.org/western-tattoo-ideas/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:32:25 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=8999 western tattoo ideas

Traditional American tattoos may be rooted in the open seas of the 1800s, but vast Western landscapes inspired…

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Dozens of actors have played and voiced the Lone Ranger since 1933, but none embodied the aura of…

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Netflix might not have the deepest Western library, but it does offer refreshing takes on some of the…

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When Josephine Marcus Earp died in Los Angeles on December 19, 1944, her small memorial attracted little attention…

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The dramatic storyline in Tombstone may seem pulled straight from a Ned Buntline dime novel, but its script…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/is-tombstone-true-story/feed/ 2 Was Ike Clanton Really the Loudmouth Coward of Tombstone? https://www.oldwest.org/ike-clanton-tombstone/ https://www.oldwest.org/ike-clanton-tombstone/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:18:48 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=4593 ike clanton tombstone az

When the dust settled on the most infamous gunfight in the West, three men lay dying in the…

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An epic cast, iconic one-liners and old school showdowns make Tombstone one of the best Western movies ever,…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/where-was-tombstone-filmed/feed/ 0 Tombstone vs. Wyatt Earp: Which Movie’s Best? https://www.oldwest.org/tombstone-vs-wyatt-earp/ https://www.oldwest.org/tombstone-vs-wyatt-earp/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:13:22 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=4416 tombstone vs wyatt earp movies

Tombstone is firmly in the pantheon of the greatest Western movies ever made, and Wyatt Earp was mostly…

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One of the best quotes in Tombstone is also one of the most argued and least understood. But…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/im-your-huckleberry-meaning/feed/ 4 Forge the Empire: The Birth & Building of the Transcontinental Railroad https://www.oldwest.org/transcontinental-railroad-facts/ https://www.oldwest.org/transcontinental-railroad-facts/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:00:49 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=2734 building the transcontinental railroad

When the Golden Spike connected Central Pacific and Union Pacific rails at Promontory Summit, Utah, in May 1869,…

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