Jesse Evans and his gang acted like they were headed to Mexico in early July 1880. But it was a fake, trying to fool the law. The outlaws turn and...
A Running Fight
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History, Heritage and Hospitality
Saloons, pubs and hotels played a major role in shaping the West. While saloons generally weren’t the largest buildings in a town, they were the...
California Gold Camps
Those early California Gold camps with their boardwalks, muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent houses were as vivacious as their names...
What History Has Taught Me: Allen Polt
This issue’s Ulysses S. Grant cover was illustrated by Allen Polt, a portrait artist who lives in Oro Valley, Arizona, and shows his art at Settlers...
Who was Arizona Territory’s most Notorious Outlaw?
Who was Arizona Territory’s most notorious outlaw? Edwin Smith Phoenix, Arizona That’s a tough one. Some of the most famous, including John Ringo,...
Steamboats on the Missouri
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took their Corps of Discovery expedition up the Missouri River using keelboats and pirogues that they poled and...
Western Events for May 2018
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this May. Adventure Narrow Gauge Day Durango, CO, May 4: A celebration of the...
In Wine There Is Truth
The most celebrated duel in recent Western films wasn’t fought with guns or bowie knives, but words: in 1993’s Tombstone, Val Kilmer’s “Doc”...
DVD Review: 6 Bullets To Hell
When Billy Rogers (Crispian Belfrage) returns to his sun-blasted ranch to find his wife (Magda Rodriguez) raped and murdered, he vows revenge on...
Welcome to Southwest Montana
In Montana's southwest corner, breathtaking crags pierce the bluest sky you’ll ever see. Vast flocks of trumpeter swans splash down on the emerald...
River Master of the Colorado
Cecil Kuhne tackles one of the West’s great stories in River Master: John Wesley’s Powell’s Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand...
Arizona Pioneers’ Home: A Place for the Old-Timers
The Arizona Pioneers’ Home was unique when it opened in 1911. It was intended to care for old-timers who had no other place to go. They had to...