Pretty much everyone knows what “just joshing you” means, but how did this common substitute to “pulling a leg” or teasing someone found its way...
Johnny Lingo: Nothing That Glitters Is Gold
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Stuart’s Stranglers
Stuart’s Stranglers had a brief but deadly life in 1884. Civic and political leader Granville Stuart formed the group after several of his cattle...
Gateway to the West
Located on a plateau above the west bank of the Missouri River and its confluence with the Platte River, Omaha has always been a good spot for...
Osceola’s Imprisonment
Osceola is probably the best known leader of the Seminoles. He was not born a chief in 1804 (his father was an Englishman). But his natural...
American Horse’s Embarrassing Mistake
The story is told of how the great Sioux leader American Horse made a painful mistake in battle. It was sometime in the 1860s, before he had become...
The West’s Best Art Museums 2017
The best art museums don’t just show you art. They show you history. They show you personalities. They move you. Our top museums certainly did that...
Nate Champion
April 9, 1892 Johnson County, Wyoming: The column of hard-looking men rode up to within a short distance of the small ranch headquarters just south...
Buck Taylor: The Original King of the Cowboys
When Bill Cody introduced his “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” in 1883 a featured presentation was Custer’s Last Stand. The historic battle had occurred...
Arbuckles Coffee
Long before Matt Dillon, Chester and Miss Kitty wrapped their hands around a warm cup, coffee was a staple on the frontier. In 1849 while surveying...
Action-Packed Western
Smoke Wagon by Brett Cogburn (Five Star Publishing, $25.95) sweeps up the reader and carries them along the well-written, fast-paced journey of...
In Search of the Real Curly Bill
Amazingly, historians know so little about the most famous cow-boy in Cochise County history—“Curly Bill” Brocius. In a journal entry written in...
Buckskin Frank Leslie Murdered Wife Mollie
Mollie Edwards was a prostitute in southeast Arizona when she met Buckskin Frank Leslie. In 1887, Mollie moved in with Frank at his ranch, about 19...