Mandan warrior Four Bears has been praised for his artistic genius, which may explain why artists of the Old West have felt compelled to portray him. Collectors at Arizona’s Scottsdale Art Auction on April 7 purchased two examples.
“Among the most beautiful testimonies of the arts of the prairie” and displaying t

True West July 2018
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- The Constable Butcher
- How come C.S. Fly didn’t take Photos of the Tombstone Street Fight?
- What History Has Taught Me: Roy Young
- What was the Fare for Railroads and Stagecoaches?
- Cold-Blooded Conman
- Did Old West Shooters have Problems with Overheated Gun Barrels?
- What were Old West Hotels like?
- A Cold Ride into Hell
- How Many People Died During the Indian Wars?
- A Texas Dance For Johnny Reb
- An Artist’s Artist
- Miss Yakama Nation’s Yakama War
- Big Horn Getaway: Buffalo, Wyoming
- Along with Tom Mix, who helped carry Wyatt Earp’s Casket?
- The Road to and from China