Route 66 had some colorful characters operating roadside stops in the first half of the twentieth century and one of the most colorful was Rimmy Jim...
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Women of the Alamo
We remember the Alamo siege and battle for the men who died there. Not as well remembered are their families who endured the thirteen-day siege and...
Women of the Alamo
We remember the Alamo siege and battle for the men who died there. Not as well remembered are their families who endured the thirteen-day siege and...
Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?
Who was allowed to wear feathered bonnets and what did they signify? Ken Sellers Evant, Texas Warriors were awarded feathers as the tribe’s...
Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?
Who was allowed to wear feathered bonnets and what did they signify? Ken Sellers Evant, Texas Warriors were awarded feathers as the tribe’s...
What History Has Taught Me: Alan Rockman
Like many American children of the late 1950s, Alan Rockman spent his childhood in the not-exactly-Old West-town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, with the...
What History Has Taught Me: Alan Rockman
Like many American children of the late 1950s, Alan Rockman spent his childhood in the not-exactly-Old West-town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, with the...
Cherokee Stories
When Robert J. Conley died in 2014, the Cherokee Nation and Western literature lost a tremendous voice. Evelyn Conley, his widow and driving force,...
A Killer Gets His
Frank McNab (or MacNab) was second in command of The Regulators, the Lincoln County (NM) outfit that tried to settle the score for the murder of...
Max Evans in Hollywood
"Ol’ Tony Hillerman told me one time, ‘Max, you know, if you option a novel, you’ve got to hope they don’t make the movie. Because then you can’t...
The Comanche and his Horse
The acquisition of the horse in the 1600s brought immediate and sweeping changes to the Plains Indians. For the first time it gave them a wide range...
Golden Jayhawkers
After news of the discovery of gold in California in 1848, thousands of individuals made their way to the west coast of America. Fueled by the...