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Articles
Less than Magnificent
Remaking a classic movie is daring, and Director Antoine Fuqua made the challenge a double dare by remaking two: 1960’s The Magnificent Seven and...
The Million Dollar Hangover
Arizonans have inherited a litany of picturesquely whimsical place names and many of these were bestowed upon the wild, untamed territory by the...
Hardin’s Disputed Death
This we know: John Selman killed John Wesley Hardin at El Paso’s Acme Saloon on August 19, 1895. Tradition says Selman shot him in the back of the...
Western Events for November 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOWS Artwalk Alpine Alpine, TX, November 18-19: View artwork by featured...
Highway of History, Last Chance Byway: The History of Nine Mile Canyon
Lately engaged in a tug-of-war between archaeologists and energy developers, Nine Mile Canyon lies in the middle of hundreds of square miles of...
Impactful Western Short Film, Borrowed Time
A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come...
What History Has Taught Me
Born in Oakland, California, John McEuen is a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which is currently on a 50th anniversary tour. McEuen’s...
Winfield Scott: The Fighting Parson
Most people around “The West’s Most Western Town” of Scottsdale, Arizona think of their founder, Winfield Scott as a God-fearing preacher and...
Why Did Stage Drivers Sit on the Right Side?
Why did stage drivers sit on the right side? -Kevin Baldwin of Frankenmuth, Michigan Buggy drivers sat on the right because most were right handed...
Building Your Western Library
Keith McCafferty is the survival and outdoors skills editor of Field & Stream, and the author of The Royal Wulff Murders, The Gray Ghost Murders...
Adah Issacs Menken: The Great Menken
Not all the women who migrated to California during the Gold Rush were prostitutes and gamblers. The women who played the frontier...