The “Wizard of Oz” taught that you don’t have to go far from home to find your dream. Donna and John Sickles know what that means, and Saint Jo, Texas, is thankful. “I grew up 50 miles away, but I discovered Saint Jo as an adult,” renowned artist Donna Howell-Sickles says. “John and I were looking for property all over the country, but we fell in love right here.” Even more, she’s related to the Howell who founded Saint Jo; his youngest brother was her great-great-grandfather.

December 2012
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Kid Curry’s Last Gunfight
- Remington’s Second Life
- Hanging Your Hat in Colorado’s Historic Hotels
- 10 for 10: Grapevine, Texas
- Tom Van Dyke
- Gold Rush Genealogy
- December 2012 Events
- Hometown Visionaries
- Did the last hanging in the Old West take place in Santa Rosa, California?
- Did women in the West buy their foodstuffs in bulk?
- Do you agree with Maurice Kildare, who claimed the men hanged for the Bisbee Massacre were not the culprits?
- What camera equipment did Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly use?
- What kind of beans did cowboys cook on the trail?
- A Dickens Christmas
- Let’s Rodeo
- Fine Fruitcakes
- The Dalton Death Rifle?
- Remembering D.L. Birchfield
- The Geronimo Trap