Articles Archive

Western Events for May 2018

by Rhiannon Deremo | Apr 24, 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...

by Allen Barra | Apr 23, 2018

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”...

by Henry C. Parke | Apr 23, 2018

When Billy Rogers (Crispian Belfrage) returns to his sun-blasted ranch to find his wife (Magda Rodriguez) raped and murdered, he vows revenge on...

by Rhiannon Deremo | Apr 23, 2018

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...

by Leo W. Banks | Apr 20, 2018

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...

by Mark Boardman | Apr 20, 2018

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...

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...

by Mark Boardman | Apr 18, 2018

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...

by Leo W. Banks | Apr 17, 2018

No one could confuse life in this peaceful Southern Colorado town of 8,000 on the Purgatoire River with the razzmatazz of Hollywood. But they do...

by | Apr 17, 2018

How were stagecoach robberies usually executed? Phillip Payne Scottsdale, Arizona Most stagecoach robberies were done on foot, usually on a slope...

by TW Editors | Apr 16, 2018

Our February issue sharing how history should view Chatto, in John Sandifer’s “Apache Traitor or Hero?” article, has sparked an interesting...

by Mark Boardman | Apr 16, 2018

In 1885, Dennis Dilda was running a farm in Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. A man named Jenkins was also living there; Dilda killed him for no...