Joseph Taylor: Mormon Battalion, Donner Party, Utah War Militia Officer
Even in old age, Joseph Taylor's stern face and solid upper body fairly cracks the photographic image. While Myscal is a fictional...


Why Am I Interested in This Historical Fiction Genre?
The Taylor family portrayed in this novel was a real family that traced its roots from the Mayflower to the South to the settling of the...


The "Sharps Rifle" in Myscal Taylor's Hands
Myscal Taylor loved his Sharps rifle. On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains and across the Great Basin, frontiersmen prized the...


"Bucked and Gagged" in the Union Army
From "Crime and Punishment in the Civil War by Robert Bateman: ...Then there was "bucking and gagging." Here the soldier would be forced...


Sergeant Lipscomb Payne of the 2nd US Sharpshooters
One of the colorful characters in the Myscal Taylor series is Sergeant Lipscomb Payne of the 2nd US Sharpshooters Regiment. The 2nd was...


The Farr West World of Myscal Taylor
Farr West is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,094 at the 2000 census. It is part of the...

