Denis Kearney was an Irish immigrant/naturalized citizen who became a political organizer in 1870s California. He was a founder of the Workingmen’s...
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Western Events for December 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART Power and Prestige: Headdress of the American Plains Oklahoma City, OK, Through...
Arizona’s Contention City
Contention City was an Arizona boom town that soon went bust. Founded in 1879, about 10 miles outside Tombstone, the place had possibilities. It...
Building Your Western Library
Gary and Margaret Kraisinger’s years-long passion has been to study and share with others the fascinating history of cattle-driving from Texas to...
Flame Delhi
On the morning of April 16th, 1912 headlines across America told the story of the tragic sinking of the Titanic. On its maiden voyage across the...
Oliver “Ol” Yantis
Oliver “Ol” Yantis should have stuck to farming. He ran a cotton operation near Orlando, Oklahoma when his sister started dating outlaw George...
What History Has Taught Me: Ron Hansen, Author
Growing up in Omaha, Ron Hansen found the Old West present in Nebraska’s cornfields, wilderness and railroad tracks full of empty boxcars. Following...
Cactus Derbies
It wasn’t long after the first railroads crossed Arizona in the 1880s and many people in the territory had yet to take a ride on an iron horse when...
Wilford Brimley’s Cowboy Roots
Wilford Brimley is known to Western fans as a walrus moustached, portly, somewhat curmudgeonly character who usually offers sage advice and a little...
Bleached Bones
Set in the harsh, beautiful Sand Hills of Nebraska at the dawn of the 20th century, Jonis Agee’s The Bones of Paradise (William Morrow, $25.99) is a...
Tombstone’s Hoptown
One of the forgotten parts of Tombstone—shown briefly in the movie Tombstone—was Chinatown. It was also called Hoptown, a slang term indicating one...
John Colter The First Mountain Man
John Colter was a member of the Corps of Discovery that crossed the wide Missouri with Lewis and Clark in 1804-1806. He was considered to be one of...