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Attracted To Bad: Laura Bullion

by Mark Boardman | Feb 3, 2017

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

by Bill Markley | Jan 31, 2017

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?

by | Jan 31, 2017

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

by | Jan 31, 2017

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

by Rex Allen Jr. | Jan 30, 2017

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

by Leo W. Banks | Jan 30, 2017

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

by | Jan 30, 2017

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

by | Jan 27, 2017

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 In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona...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

by Rhiannon Deremo | Jan 27, 2017

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ADVENTURE Shovel Race Championships Angel Fire, NM, February 3-4: While contestants...