Council Grove, Kansas, was a bustling last stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Hordes of settlers, cowboys, and soldiers passed through on a daily basis. And from a distance watched a man named George Copley. He had wrung a fortune from the crowds of travelers- some of it legitimate, and some of it not! CopleyContinue reading “The Only Two Who Could”
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Big Medicine in the Wild West
In the early days of the Wild West, a band of Indians approached a priest and requested that he baptize them. The padre was delighted. However, to fulfill church policy, he inquired into the braves’ desire for baptism. The bronzed warriors replied that they wanted the Spanish medicine. (Medicine, to the Indians, was anything thatContinue reading “Big Medicine in the Wild West”
Dusty Trails 