“Railway stations and hotels served in a real sense as the first “art galleries” in the West, at a time before traditional art institutions were envisioned in the region,” wrote William Gerdts in Art Across America. The truth of his statement could not have rang truer when the hammer struck down at the C.M. Russell Art

June 2010
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- Bad Day at Round Rock
- Framing the West
- Best Photography of the True West
- Why do we have so few photos of Tombstone from the Fly studio?
- Why do cowboys always mount the horse from the left side?
- Do you know anything about lawman Commodore Perry Owens and his missing loot?
- In many Westerns, the women have long hair or long hair pulled back in a bun.
- I’ve been watching the miniseries Comanche Moon.
- In a six-team stagecoach you had the leaders and the wheelers.
- Reno, Nevada
- Jim Hatzell
- Ranch Style on a Budget
- Rich Riding in Cooper Landing
- The Mouse that Roared
- The Old Snake Trade Route
- The Invisible Indian Tribe
- Bent’s Fort’s 50th Anniversary
- Frontier Wedding Menus
- Feel Lucky, Clint?
- What to Wear This Summer
- Glacier’s Great Artists
- Meet Robert J. Conley
- Wyatt Goes Rogue
- Extreme Western History Adventures