If the Colorado River is the “American Nile,” as some fanciful writers have called it, was there a Cleopatra along its banks? More than one woman could claim this title because no less than a half dozen early heroines left their marks on the history of this meandering body of water. Each of them braved many hardships, as did the American Indian women who came before them. Little is
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- May 2011 Events
- How prevalent was “pot” in the West?
- How did 19th-century government land grants to the railroads work?
- Why did Gene Autry carry a two-gun rig minus one holster?
- When did the practice of branding livestock begin in the U.S.?
- What’s the difference between a marshal and a sheriff?
- Did early Westerns actually film at night or just close down the lens?
- The Blevins Boys are in the House
- Wild Horses Run to the Top
- Wild Horses Run to the Top
- Baits, Traps and Old West Rats
- Tempted by Baked Goods
- Traywick’s Tombstone
- A Cosmopolitan Rehab
- Now Playing: Hollywood Guns
- Riches for Chinese Miners
- Maui’s Ranching Icons
- Audrey Kalivoda
- Open Range: The Life of Agnes Morley Cleaveland
- Cowboy’s Lament: A Life on the Open Range
- Will Rogers: A Political Life
- Black Cowboys of the Old West
- The Brilliant Bandit of the Wabash
- They Call Me Doc: The Story Behind the Legend of Doc Holliday
- Mattie: Wyatt Earp’s Secret Second Wife
- For Your Reference Shelf
- 1956’s Seven Men From Now
- Roy Rogers’ Birthday Gifts
- Legends: John Ford
- Gunsmoke: The Fourth Season, Vol. 2
- Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Clint?
- True Fit
- Snapshots of Old West History
- The Last Great Buffalo Roundup
- Cleopatras on the American Nile
- The Real Rooster Cogburn
- The Truth Behind True Grit
- Kearney, Nebraska
- True Masterpiece
- The Civil War Turns 150
- How Long To Haul
- Ten tips for hauling
- April 2011 Events