In the Apache custom, his parents named him Goyathlay for a particular trait: “he who yawns.” Born near the headwaters of the Gila River, he grew up...
Not Bad for a Chronic Yawner
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Gene Wilder
The late Gene Wilder wasn’t the original Waco Kid in the comedy “Blazing Saddles.” Veteran actor Gig Young got the role of the drunken gunfighter....
Riding with the Master
"The soldier, the cowboy and the rancher, the Indian, the horses and the cattle of the plains will live in his pictures and bronzes, I verily...
Mogollon Rim
Arizona is known for its number of hard-to-pronounce place names. A story is told of a tourist who was bound and determined to learn the correct...
A Formidable Foe
In recent years the exploits of Apache raiders have been watered down to suit political correctness, yet we did not name an attack helicopter after...
Road to Destiny
Roads and highways, from the Appian Way to Route 66, have been romanticized and mythologized through the eras, celebrated as both feats of...
George Parsons: Tombstone Insider
Much of what we know about the colorful characters of Tombstone is thanks to George Whitwell Parsons. An Easterner who was trained as a lawyer,...
The Noble Trickster
He is a troublemaker, a transformer and a noble trickster. He is also the prince of chaos. In legend, the Coyote is revered by many In-din tribes...
A Holdup for the Ages
Just after 6:30 p.m. on October 6, 1866, two passengers aboard an Ohio & Mississippi train put on pasteboard masks—one black, one white—pulled...
The Storied Hashknife
With the arrival of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in 1881 Holbrook, located at the junction of the Rio Puerco and Little Colorado River in...
What do you have to say about my favorite movie cowboy, Lash LaRue?
Larry Harris Alexandria, Virginia I used to devour those Lash LaRue comics when I was about 10 or 11. He was quite the silver screen hero too....
Building Your Western Library: Mike Cox
Third-generation journalist Mike Cox was born in Amarillo and raised in Austin. After 20 years of working for newspapers, he went to work for the...