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Opening Shot
Stampede! In the tradition of his artistic predecessor George Catlin, Charles M. Russell’s oil on canvas The Buffalo Hunt (1900) exemplifies the...
Western Art Museums of the Year
Visionary museums from coast to coast showcase the West’s best artists and artwork. Emerging from a depressing run of pandemic, war and overall...
Discover the West
Museums from coast to coast celebrate our Western heritage for all generations. Museums across the country are expanding their collections and...
Aliases, Flintlocks and Cowboy Vests
Were there are any instances of small-time outlaws using the name of more famous outlaws as an alias? Jeffery Stafford Hyde, Cheshire, UK We do know...
What History Has Taught Me with Max McCoy
Max McCoy is a Spur Award-winning author and executive director of the Western Writers of America. Max McCoy is a Spur Award-winning author and...
Miles City, Montana
Miles City was primed for the Fourth of July. The fledgling town in eastern Montana Territory celebrated with music from Fort Keogh’s Fifth...
The Taylor Sheridan Universe
Producer and actor Wyatt McCrea, grandson of Western movie icon Joel McCrea, is enthusiastic about acting in The Contested Plains, about a...
Brave and True
Just in time for great summer reading, Tom Clavin’s latest Western history, Follow Me to Hell: McNelly’s Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier...
Amber Waves of Grain and Flowers
Kansas is still the breadbasket of America. Kansas pioneers knew their land was perfect for growing corn and wheat and an abundance of beautiful...
In Search of Hugh Glass
Travel the Rocky Mountain West to discover the truth about the legendary mountain man. If he had to do it over, there’s a chance Hugh Glass...
Spur Talk
The day Bill McDonald rode over the hill leading the Appaloosa, Slim and I were repairing the corrals. Slim was running Pete Coleman’s little...