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Sabers & Spurs
In literature, film and television, the role of the U.S. cavalry in the history of the American West has been as romanticized as any major element...
Attracted To Bad: Laura Bullion
You might say Laura Bullion was a girlfriend of outlaws. She grew up in Knickerbocker, Texas and knew locals like Ben Kilpatrick and Will Carver of...
The Legacy of Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life and Legacy by the Edward Clown Family as told to William B. Matson (GibbsSmith, $30) is a family account of...
Did Old West Towns Require Cowboys To Check Their Guns?
Did Old West towns require cowboys to check their guns? Jim Spell Sonora, California Most places had “no carry” laws in an effort to curb...
The Murder Steer
For many years Texas folklorist J. Frank Dobie regaled his students with Texas history at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a prolific...
What History Has Taught Me: Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer
Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer Rex Allen Jr., son of the “last singing cowboy,” is retiring this year; his “Sunrise to Sunset” tour will conclude...
JPS Brown: An American Original
One day in 1937, in the bar of Tucson’s Santa Rita Hotel, the cowboy-actor Tom Mix gave seven-year-old Joe Brown a pair of buckskin chaps with...
Tangled Webs: The Wild Bunch and Their Women
Separating fact from fiction when it came to some members of the Wild Bunch and their women got downright confusing because of the stories handed...
Pete Kitchen
In a sense, Pete Kitchen represented Arizona’s transition from lawless frontier to civilization. In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona...
Western Events for February 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ADVENTURE Shovel Race Championships Angel Fire, NM, February 3-4: While contestants...
America’s Second Amendment City
Tombstone officials have decided to add another nickname to “The Town Too Tough To Die.” They recently passed a resolution calling the place...