Wedge Goes to Arizona

i Colonel Charles Goodnight makes guest appearances in GOOD-NIGHT’S DREAM, FROM HIDE AND HORN, SET TEXAS BACK ON HER FEET, WHITE INDIANS, and IS-A-MAN.

ii How the riding accident befell General Jackson Baines “Ole Devil” Hardin is told in Part Three, “The Paint,” THE FASTEST GUN IN TEXAS. Information regarding the career of the General is given in the Ole Devil Hardin, Civil War and Floating Outfit series; also Part Four, “Mr. Colt’s Revolving Cylinder Pistol,” J.T.’S HUNDREDTH. His death is reported in DOC LEROY, M.D.

iii How such factories in Texas were operated during their heyday is described in THE HIDE AND TALLOW MEN.

iv What took place during the course of one drive to a railroad town in Kansas is told in TRAIL BOSS.

v How Captain Stone Hart received the scar is told in MISSISSIPPI RAIDER.

vi Whether raising Hereford cattle was a viable prospect under the conditions prevailing in the West was still the subject of debate at the time of the events recorded in CURE THE TEXAS FEVER.

vii What happened to the wrangler, Little Jackie, is told in TRAIL BOSS.

viii Information about the activities of the Confederate States Army of Arkansas and North Texas is given in the Civil War series.

ix How the life of another Texan, John Wesley Hardin, was ruined by the excesses of the Reconstruction period is told in THE HOODED RIDERS.

x Told in BUFFALO ARE COMING.

xi What happened as a result of Johnny Raybold’s trip to New York is told in THE RIO HONDO WAR and GUNSMOKE THUNDER.

xii How Marvin Eldridge “Doc” Leroy’s hunt for Hoyden Paul Lindrick progressed and he attained his ambition to become a qualified medical practitioner, as his father was before him, is told in DOC LEROY, M.D.

xiii What led up to the marriages of Dusty Fog and Red Blaze is told in DECISION FOR DUSTY FOG and WAGONS TO BACKSIGHT, respectively.

xiv A description of how predatory animals can be hunted by a pack of big game hounds, and some of the breeds most commonly used, is given in HOUND DOG MAN.

xv An example of how the Indian ritual was carried out is given in COMANCHE.

xvi Cecil “Dobe” Killem makes a guest appearance in ARIZONA GUN LAW. More information about his career is given in the Calamity Jane series.

xvii The brands of the ranches concerned are, respectively: Wedge, based on a splitting wedge; Arrow P; Vertical Triple E; C Over M, which Stone Hart had to replace with his own brand. Wilson Eardle’s AW brand is self-explanatory.

xviii What happened at the Cochise County Fair is told in GUN WIZARD.

xix Told in Part Two, “A Convention of War,” UNDER THE STARS AND BARS.

xx According to the story that was circulated and generally believed by cowhands, on being shown into the bunkhouse of a ranch newly taken over by John Chisum, the crew found its only furnishings to be a bottle of whisky in each corner. He makes guest appearances in GOODNIGHTS DREAM, FROM HIDE AND HORN, THE MAN FROM TEXAS, and Part One, “They Called Him the Cattle King,” SLAUGHTER’S WAY.

xxi Information about Red Blaze and his penchant for frequently becoming embroiled in fights is to be found in various volumes of the Civil War and Floating Outfit series.

xxii The events being discussed in the conversation are described in THE TEXAN.

xxiii The exact relationship between General Ole Devil Hardin and his “granddaughter, “ Elizabeth, “Betty,” is a matter upon which the members of the clan from whom we receive the information to produce many of our books will make no comment. Accounts of some of her adventures are recorded in various volumes in the Civil War and Floating Outfit series. She “stars” in her own account for Part Four, “It’s Our Turn To Improvise, Miss Blaze,” J.T.’s LADIES, GUNSMOKE THUNDER, and TEXAS KIDNAPPERS.

xxiv How Mark Counter first made the acquaintance of Martha Jane Canary and how it developed is told in various volumes of the Floating Outfit and Calamity Jane series.

xxv The special significance of a cowhand throwing his bedroll, which held all his most personal possessions, into a ranch’s chuck wagon is explained in TRAIL BOSS.

xxvi Occasions when the three members of General Ol’ Devil Hardin’s floating outfit served as peace officers are recorded in QUIET TOWN; THE MAKING OF A LAWMAN; THE TROUBLE BUSTERS; DECISION FOR DUSTY FOG; CARDS AND COLTS; THE SMALL TEXAN; and THE TOWN TAMERS.

xxvii How the prior meeting between April Eardle, nee Hosman, and the uninvited visitors to her home took place is told in .44 CALIBRE MAN.

xxviii Information regarding Rose Greenhow during some of her career as a secret agent for the Confederate States is given in MISSISSIPPI RAIDER and KILL DUSTY FOG!

xxix What caused Egbert Eustace Eisteddfod to leave Washington, D. C, is told in TEXAS KIDNAPPERS.

xxx That peace had not come to Spanish Grant County is proved in ARIZONA RANGE WAR and ARIZONA GUN LAW.