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Continuing last week’s story about Rose of Cimarron. (additional commentary follows)   Rose was under 15 during the battle. Those little princesses of ours… The shootout, as described over Prof. Alex Taylor’s two columns, came to be known as the Battle of Ingalls. Unfortunately for Rose, her older Dunn brothers had become strict opportunists, known…… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part II

This is actually *not* Rose, but a model prisoner portraying her. The things we do for spite. This week, Alex Taylor begins the wild west tale of female tenacity. You know what they say about a woman scorned. Of course, the nicknames back then were indeed the stuff of legend. Dynamite Dick, Dick Speed (not…… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part I

All one has to do is mention “conspiracy theory” and modern audiences run away faster than Sir Robin at the Cave of Caerbannog, or so his minstrels tell me. Yet, because of continued inquiries regarding certain truths after publication of his Lincoln article from two weeks prior (see Bad Actors), former detective, Prof. Alex Taylor,…… Continue reading Another Book of Secrets?