Between 1854 and 1929 an estimated 200,000 homeless, abandoned or orphaned children were placed by eastern charity institutions like the Sisters of...
The Orphan Trains
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Classic Western Tale
Anyone who loves Charles Portis’s style of writing in True Grit, or readers ready to fall in love with a great yarn well told, should look no...
Hell’s Comin’ With Me!
March 20, 1882 With the recent killing of Morgan Earp by assassins, Wyatt Earp spends his 34th birthday attending to the details of shipping his...
Del Potter’s Mule-Powered Railroad
Over in eastern Arizona near the border with New Mexico, Del Potter ran a little railroad he proudly named the Clifton and Northern. The line only...
What was the Most Effective Stance for an Old West Gunfighter?
What was the most effective stance for an Old West gunfighter? Michael Westlund Clarkdale, Arizona I ran this by my cousin, Bill Rogers, a former...
The Grand Canyon State
The Grand Canyon State has been my adopted home for most of my life. When anyone asks me about touring the beautiful southwestern state, I always...
How Many Men did Marshal Dillon Kill in the Gunsmoke Series?
How many men did Marshal Dillon kill in the Gunsmoke series? Larry Shuler Paige, Texas During the 20-year span of CBS’s Gunsmoke series, the count...
National Park Treasures
Treasures of the National Parks: Yesterday & Today (Golden Valley Press, $45) is a feast for the eyes. Paul Horsted takes you on a journey to...
Building Your Western Library: Andrew Patrick Nelson
Andrew Patrick Nelson is assistant professor of film history at Montana State University. Though born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Nelson can’t...
The Fair’s Frontier Fare
Fairs gave states and counties the opportunity to show off their best. At both local and international fairs, food helped attendees learn other...
Mexican Revolutionary
With shelves upon shelves of books about the Mexican Revolution in both Spanish and English, it would seem that one more would be unnecessary. But,...
Owen Wister’s Wyoming
Owen Wister’s The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains, published in 1902, considered to be the first Western novel, is about a black-haired Wyoming...