Second Lieutenant Lyman S. Kidder, 7th Cavalry, was unlucky. I knew that before beginning this road trip, but as I step out of my Jeep in a remote...
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The Day the Steel Rails Reached Tucson
The building of the transcontinental railroad along the 32nd Parallel was a major milestone in Arizona history. Up to then the main means of...
Isaiah Dorman
Isaiah Dorman gained notoriety for being the only black man killed at the Little Bighorn, where he served Custer as an interpreter. But he had a...
Building Your Western Library with Tom Van Dyke
Tom Van Dyke, born in Detroit, Michigan, received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Filled with creative expression, his sculptures, paintings...
Charlie Bassett
Charlie Bassett has been overshadowed by his friends Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp. But he made some pretty big imprints on his own. Bassett opened...
The No-Loot Savannah Debacle
March 2, 1867. Six robbers enter a private bank in Savannah, Missouri. One shoots the bank owner, and then the group flees as citizens open fire...
Western Events for December 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this December. AUCTIONS Rock Island Premiere Firearms Auction Online, December 1-3:...
Texas Desperado
Graham Barnett (1890-1931) was a Texas lawman, a gunfighter, a drunk and a dangerous man. His story is entwined in the Mexican Revolution along the...
Territorial Justice
No sooner had a prospector’s pick struck paydirt in some out-of-the-way place than a stampede of pilgrims began arriving. Most of them were...
True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide: Northern Prairie and Plains
The Northern Prairies and Plains of the West are awe-inspiring in their natural beauty, endless vistas, rolling hills, dense forests and long,...
The Great Swindler James Addison Reavis
When the United States signed the Gadsden Treaty in 1854 it agreed to recognize the validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants provided they had...
A Bad Customer
August 21, 1869 Lake’s Hippo-olympiad and Mammoth Circus takes a swing through southwestern rural Missouri, landing in Granby. After the night’s...