Bill Markley

Cowboy State Daily recently published my article "Kenneth McKenzie, King of the Upper Missouri" about the early fur trade on the Upper Missouri River. cowboystatedaily.com/2024/12…

I've been away from X for awhile, but I'm back.

The Tombstone Festival of Western Books will be held Friday, March 8, 2024, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at Schieffelin Hall, Tombstone, Arizona. I’ll be there, and I’ll have my books for purchase. Stop by if you’re in town.

Have an inspiring Maundy Thursday Read John 13: 1-17 Jesus answered, "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you..."

Jesus told many parables. The Good Samaritan is one. Read Luke 10: 25-37 [Jesus] “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Mark 14: 41-44 Jesus ... watched ... a poor widow ... put in two...coins...Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Mark 11: 15-18 ... Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. ... And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Happy Palm Sunday! Matthew 21:8-11 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Happy Presidents Day!

Thank you True West Magazine for including in your January 2023 Best of the West issue the cover of my book, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody on page 76. #Cody #wildbill

the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. [Luke 2:10-11]

Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate the Festival of Lights!

Kellen Cutsforth & I present opposing views in Standoff at High Noon: Davy Crockett's Death Sacagawea's Death Donner Party Why Did McCall Kill Wild Bill Did Crook Doom Custer Did Ford Kill Jesse James Sitting Bull’s Graves Lost Dutchman Mine Tom Horn Guilty? Butch Cassidy's Death

Kellen Cutsforth & I give opposing views in Old West Showdown: OK Corral gunfight James/Younger Gang Northfield raid Wild Bill Hickok-Rock Creek Showdown Calamity Jane Little Big Horn Buffalo Bill Crazy Horse's Death Did Pat Garrett Kill Billy the Kid Geronimo Johnson County War

Thanks everyone who came out to the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center for Cowboy Christmas and stopped by my table. It was a fun time, I hope to return next year.

It was a fun day today. Lots of people stopped by my tables. Cowboy Christmas continues tomorrow from 11 am to 3 pm. If you're in Fort Pierre, stop by.

“Markley has carefully researched Hickok & Cody, separating fact from fiction, creating a narrative both entertaining & informative. Anyone who reads this book is not likely to confuse the two Bills for each other again.” —STEVE FRIESEN director of The Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave

Check out my webpage if you are interested in my writing about the West and other topics. billmarkley.com/home

“Bill Markley has done it again with Geronimo and Sitting Bull. Dramatic and thought provoking, readers of Markley’s poignant dual biography will reference it for years to come, while eagerly awaiting the next entry in his series.” —STUART ROSEBROOK, Editor, True West Magazine