Linda Wommack
Linda Wommack has authored over 20 books and is a staff writer and contributing editor to three national magazines and four local publications. She is a member of Western Writers of America, Wild West History Association, and Women Writing the West where she serves as Chair of the DOWNING Journalism Awards. In 2023 Linda was inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame.
Latest from Linda Wommack
The American West: Mountain Man Extraordinaire - Mariano Medina
Mountain Man Mariano Medina built a post near present Loveland, Colorado that was âa known location for the âpony trade,â âWhites,â âMexicansâ and âIndiansâ who traded on a regular schedule in the Big Thompson Valley."
Linda WommackMarch 06, 2025
The American West: The McCarty Brothers - Criminals Who Made Butch Cassidy FamousÂ
As the bank robbers raced out of Telluride in 1889, Butch Cassidy entered the history books for his first hold-up that would lead to the formation of the Wild Bunch. Butch Cassidy is the best known of Wild Bunch outlaws, but behind his prominence were the McCarty Brothers.Â
Linda WommackFebruary 22, 2025
The American West: The Love Saga of Josie Bassett and the Brownâs Park Wild Bunch
Josie Bassett lived most of her life on her father's ranch, the center of the outlaw hideout known as Brownâs Park. She had five husbands - divorced four of them, running one off at gunpoint, and one husband died of natural causes ⌠unless he was poisoned.
Linda WommackFebruary 14, 2025
The American West: Oliver T. Jackson's Black Colony Of Dearfield In Northeastern Colorado
Oliver T. Jacksonâs land thirty miles east of Greeley, Colorado, became the nucleus for the black colony of Dearfield, organized in 1910. The community was inspired by a book written by Booker T. Washington.Â
Linda WommackFebruary 13, 2025
The American West: Western Farmers Used Wind For Power Long Before Green Energy
For hundreds of years in America, the most important application of windmills was to provide power to pump for water and it became an essential of life on the Western plains and prairies.
Linda WommackFebruary 02, 2025
The American West: Ute War Chief Kaniache Tangles With Kit Carson and Ouray
Kit Carson had to walk a fine line in negotiating with the Colorado Utes. He knew the government was eager to move the tribes onto reservations by force if necessary. The Indians knew it, too.
Linda WommackJanuary 10, 2025
The American West: Cattlemen Needed A Solution To Control Rustlers And Hired Tom Horn
When cattlemen needed a solution to the rustling problem in Browns Park, they contacted a man from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. A man who could be relied on to do the job no questions asked: Tom Horn.
Linda WommackJanuary 03, 2025
The American West: Denver's First Christmas In 1858
The Christmas holidays of 1858 were particularly joyous for Denver City. Wild game was plentiful, as were potatoes, beans, and dried fruit. All were prepared for the holiday meal. Then Richens L. Wooten arrived in Denver City with several wagon loads of merchandise, including wooden kegs of âTaos Lightening.â And the party started!
Linda WommackDecember 22, 2024
The American West : Cathay Williams - The First and Only Female Buffalo Soldier
Cathay Williams was the only African American woman to serve in the Civil War and later as a Buffalo soldier in the United States Army, an extraordinary accomplishment.
Linda WommackDecember 08, 2024
The American West: Mo-chi - First Female Cheyenne Warrior
âFollowing the attack one her village at Sand Creek, Mo-chi seized her dead fatherâs Hawken rifle and pledged revenge. She would become the first female Cheyenne warrior.â
Linda WommackNovember 29, 2024
The American West: Jim Beckwourth - A Rocky Mountain Legend
James Pierson Beckwourth was a mountain man, scout, frontiersman, honorary Indian chief, and the first to pen an autobiography. And what a story it was. He was legendary in his own time, although early historians largely discounted him.        Â
Linda WommackNovember 22, 2024
The American West: Jack Slade, Julesburgâs Legendary Villain
After Jules Beni shot Jack Slade six times in the streets of Julesburg, Colorado, Slade vowed he would live long enough to wear Beniâs ears as a watch fob. He accomplished his gruesome goal.
Linda WommackNovember 03, 2024
The American West: Celebrating Michenerâs Centennial
James Michenerâs characters in Centennial were based on real people or composites of actual historic figures making the miniseries epic true to human nature and compelling, a piece of film making that has stood the test of time.
Linda WommackOctober 27, 2024
The American West: Charles Goodnight His Trail & His Chuck Wagon
If there ever was a quintessential pioneer, it would be Charles Goodnight. By the age of 18, Goodnight had already earned a reputation as a noted scout and Indian fighter when he joined the Texas Rangers.
Linda WommackSeptember 27, 2024
The American West: How The Sundance Kid Became A Notorious Outlaw
A young ranch hand and horseman in southwest Colorado met up with Butch Cassidy and a band of outlaws as a teenager. That partnership would make The Sundance Kid one of the most notorious western outlaws.
Linda WommackSeptember 15, 2024