Tombstone’s first Episcopal Church says “Yes!” On January 21, 1882, a 24-year-old divinity student wrote in his diary, “So begins my journey West....
Will This Bell Toll Again?
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Truth or Adair
The James-Younger Gang turns to train robbery. A half dozen men crouched next to the railroad tracks near Adair, Iowa, on July 21, 1873. The Rock...
Shooting Back
Bob Ford’s Gun In the June 2023 issue, the “Shooting Back” column was dedicated to the question of what type of firearm Bob Ford used to kill Jesse...
Kit Lit & Fit
I am proud and excited to report we are publishing a very cool original article based on a chapter in Paul Andrew Hutton’s next book (page 24). As...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings "You can't appreciate what you have, until you know how bad it can be." Quotes “My heart is warm with the friends I make, And...
All Aboard!
All Aboard! South Dakota photographer John C.H. Grabill’s 1891 image of a Burlington and Missouri River Railroad passenger train on Horseshoe Curve...
What History Has Taught Me: Mark Bedor
Mark Bedor, Author and Film Maker Mark Bedor is the creator and host of Today’s Wild West, an award-winning documentary-style TV series on all...
Long Johns, Dirty Dave and the Bird Cage
What did cowboys wear as underwear? Ethan Cooperrider Coulee City, Washington Long johns were first introduced into England in the 17th century,...
Two-Lane Blacktops and Red Dirt Highways
Pack your bags and head West for adventures filled with fun and history. Road tripping across the West has come a long way from the...
Bozeman, Montana
Plan a trip to the eclectic Big Sky college town and relax in its great Western vibe. After statehood in 1889, Montana towns fought bitterly...
Walter Hill Returns
The award-winning Hollywood icon saddles back up for Dead for a Dollar, a new Western. Having not directed a Western since 2006’s...
Expanding Horizon
Elliott West’s Continental Reckoning, plus a Texas Ranger history, a dual biography of Cody and Hickok, a novel of the Mississippi frontier and a...