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Feb 19, 2024 | historynet.com | Austin Stahl |Doug Hocking

Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal (1931, by Stuart N. Lake) Though ex-publicity agent Stuart Lake interviewed ex-lawman Wyatt Earp on several occasions, this ostensible biography is laced with fabrications. One shouldn’t blame Earp. Lake was out to create a folk hero and sell books, and in that he succeeded admirably. Frontier Marshal served as the origin story for several Hollywood films, as well as the popular 1955–61 TV series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O’Brian.

Feb 13, 2024 | historynet.com | Austin Stahl |Doug Hocking

Much has been written about the July 13, 1882, death of Arizona Territory gunfighter Johnny Ringo, most of it wrong. Writers have inserted their assumptions as facts. Thus, the story often goes that Johnny found himself alone in a trackless waste on a hot day in mid-July without water. Despondent, his horse having run off, left without water, Ringo committed suicide.

Aug 28, 2023 | cochise.edu | Ted Forte |Jeff Biggers |Doug Hocking

August 28, 2023 by College News Center News, Alumni Blog, College News, Featured 0 comments Lifelong learning opportunities: Free classes open to everyoneThe Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) offers free Brown Bag lectures to the public.