Those early California Gold camps with their boardwalks, muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent houses were as vivacious as their names...
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Articles
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...
U.S. Cavalry’s First Bolt-Action Carbine
The more ammunition you give a soldier, the more he’ll use!” Despite their continued post-war use of the seven-shot Spencer repeater, this was the...
SS California: Shipping for Gold
The SS California was launched in May 1848. It had been on the drawing boards for some time, and government subsidies helped make it possible. It...