When I was a kid, the Old West was 50 years in the rearview, and today my youth is 50 years in the rearview—and—to be honest, more like 60! Yikes!...
A Moving Target
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Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “The devil knows more by being old than by being the devil.” Quotes “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use...
Ranch Life
Ranch Life Dakota Territory photographer John C. H. Grabill, like his peer Solomon Butcher in Nebraska, was a master at capturing daily ranch life...
Today’s Art of the American Indian
No Longer Just About Yesteryear In the 19th century, art of the American Indian was usually viewed through the canvas and brush of...
Tombstone: A Reckoning
Thirty years after the popular film’s release, it might be the most influential Western of all time. In 1993, Walt Disney’s Hollywood...
Blood Money, Time Zones and Old West Jails
Did the Ford Brothers ever get the reward money on Jesse James? Joe Manriquez (Whittier, California) Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden raised...
Pecos, Texas
A cow camp grew up from a cattle trail crossroads. Picture Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos River with a herd of parched cattle stampeding to the...
Dana Delany
The woman who wanted the West tells her side of the story of Tombstone and more. "I’m a huge fan of the Western,” Dana Delany says. “I just...
Big Sky Dreaming
Thomas Minckler’s masterpiece, plus a biography of Patton, a Western love story, a guide to guns and a grand collection of Western short stories....
Alaska’s Real Bonanza
In the 1890s, stampeders and sourdoughs discovered the real bonanza was from the sea. Alaska, the final frontier of the American West, was actively...
On the Trail of Charlie Russell
Travel across Montana and discover the state through the life and art of the cowboy artist. Charles M. Russell was 16 when he first arrived in the...
The ‘Western’ Godfather
Kurt Russell spills the beans. It didn’t surprise me that Kurt Russell was willing to go off topic during our interview. After all, it was...