John Simpson Chisum came to the Republic of Texas at age 13 with his parents and a group of relatives from Tennessee in the summer of 1837. He was portrayed by John Wayne in the 1970 movie of the same ...

Editor’s Note: The Caprock Chronicles are edited each week by John T. “Jack” Becker, Librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries. This week's article is by Bill O’Neal, who has served as State ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

Texas has certainly produced its share of legendary cattlemen, a list that includes prominent pioneer stockmen such Charles Goodnight, George Littlefield, H.H. Campbell, and the King/Kleberg family.

Chisum, which is on ITV4 this weekend, was John Wayne’s first movie of the 1970s, which would also be the Western legend's final decade. The film was based on the Lincoln County War of 1878 with Duke ...

The movie was based on the Lincoln County War of 1878 with John Wayne starring as John Simpson Chisum, a wealthy cattle baron of the American West. The 62-year-old actor was playing a 54-year-old man, ...

Geoffrey Deuel, an actor known for his work on television, including the beloved soap The Young and the Restless, and for playing Billy the Kid in John Wayne's Chisum, has died. He was 81. Deuel's ...

John Chisum has been at the forefront of two music industry trends. He was among the first professional Christian music songwriters in Nashville composing worship songs in the 1980s. And when the ...

Deuel is survived by his wife, Jacqueline, and his younger sister, Pamela. Geoffrey Deuel, an actor known for his work on television, including the beloved soap The Young and the Restless, and for ...