Kansas Archives - T. Nelson Taylor - Author of Dust and Bolita - Official Site https://tnelsontaylor.com/tag/kansas/ Books and other friendly nonsense. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:25:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/tnelsontaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/T-Shortcut-Icon.gif?fit=16%2C16&ssl=1 Kansas Archives - T. Nelson Taylor - Author of Dust and Bolita - Official Site https://tnelsontaylor.com/tag/kansas/ 32 32 209703729 Boot Hill — No Les, No More https://tnelsontaylor.com/no-les-no-more-boot-hill-mafia-alex-taylor/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/no-les-no-more-boot-hill-mafia-alex-taylor/#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Prof. Alex Taylor's column dives into the legend of Boot Hill and the many incarnations thereof. Originally appearing November 1, 1988, in the Gainesville Times, he examines some of the famous epitaphs associated with the Wild West, and some insight into other Boot Hills — Mafia included. Indeed, the Lester Moore grave is a contrivance.…… Continue reading Boot Hill — No Les, No More

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]]> Prof. Alex Taylor's column dives into the legend of Boot Hill and the many incarnations thereof. Originally appearing November 1, 1988, in the Gainesville Times, he examines some of the famous epitaphs associated with the Wild West, and some insight into other Boot Hills — Mafia included. Indeed, the Lester Moore grave is a contrivance.… Continue reading Boot Hill — No Les, No More

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]]> https://tnelsontaylor.com/no-les-no-more-boot-hill-mafia-alex-taylor/feed/ 0 55 Choice Words https://tnelsontaylor.com/choice-words-alex-taylor-crime/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/choice-words-alex-taylor-crime/#respond Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 This week, Prof. Alex Taylor covers the meaning and origin of a few choice words from the world of crime. To comment, time apparently never favors certain parts of language, as you shall soon see. This column was originally published October 18, 1988, in the Gainesville Times, usually found on the left of the first…… Continue reading Choice Words

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]]> This week, Prof. Alex Taylor covers the meaning and origin of a few choice words from the world of crime. To comment, time apparently never favors certain parts of language, as you shall soon see. This column was originally published October 18, 1988, in the Gainesville Times, usually found on the left of the first… Continue reading Choice Words

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]]> https://tnelsontaylor.com/choice-words-alex-taylor-crime/feed/ 0 57 The Dash of Rose, Part II https://tnelsontaylor.com/rose-of-cimarron-the-dash-of-rose-part-ii-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/rose-of-cimarron-the-dash-of-rose-part-ii-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://cinecapture.com/tnelsontaylor/2020/02/11/the-dash-of-rose-part-ii/ Continuing last week's story about Rose of Cimarron. (additional commentary follows)   Rose was around 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,…… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part II

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]]> Continuing last week's story about Rose of Cimarron. (additional commentary follows)   Rose was around 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,… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part II

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]]> https://tnelsontaylor.com/rose-of-cimarron-the-dash-of-rose-part-ii-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/feed/ 0 80 The Dash of Rose, Part I https://tnelsontaylor.com/dash-of-rose-part-i-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/ https://tnelsontaylor.com/dash-of-rose-part-i-alex-taylor-gainesville-times/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0000 https://cinecapture.com/tnelsontaylor/2020/02/04/the-dash-of-rose-part-i/ Part I: The Dash of Rose 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 so fast as it turns…… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part I

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]]> Part I: The Dash of Rose 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 so fast as it turns… Continue reading The Dash of Rose, Part I

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