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Reel or Real Frontier Fare
If you’re reading this then you’ve likely seen a Western. So, does the food on the big screen compare to the real West? Let’s digest some food...
The Real Buffalo Hump
Most are familiar with Buffalo Hump in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. He was a fictional character but there really was a Buffalo Hump. His name...
A Short and Not-So-Sweet Career
Oliver Yantis was not the most successful outlaw. He was one of the first members of the Bill Doolin Gang. Just a week after Doolin’s former...
Western Events for January 2019
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this January. Art Shows Litchfield Park Native American Fine Arts Festival...
A Laughing Matter?
Being captured didn’t faze train robber Rube Burrow. On October 9, 1890 he was grabbed by two black men, Jesse Hildreth and Frank Marshall, when...
Six Guns Along the Mexican Border
Curly Bill Brocius figured prominently in the outlawry along the Mexican border in the early 1880s. He was personally responsible for rustling...
Best of the West 2019: Western Books
A I write this column from my desk in my office in Iowa City, Iowa, in October 2018, reflecting on the past, present and future state of Western...
What Can You Tell Me About Living with Consumption in the Old West Era?
What can you tell me about living with consumption in the Old West era? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Consumption is an early term for...
Death by Association
For Charles Cooper, being a friend of Chunk Colbert didn’t turn out well. The two were eating with Clay Allison at Cimarron, New Mexico Territory’s...
The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name
The story of The Highwaymen, the new Depression-era Western from Netflix, has been a thirty-year obsession for author John Fusco. “Those old photos...
Best of the West 2019: Heritage Travel
Truth be told, I love a long road trip across America and have enjoyed dozens of trips as a young man and as a father. My first travel memories are...