Felix Vinatieri was the band leader of the 7th Cavalry, and in that job he also composed music especially for the unit’s leader, Lt. Col. George...
Custer’s Composer
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Articles
An Imaginative Little “Recipe”
The title of the article is “Recipe for Cooking Husbands,” and it's the kind of title that can't be passed up. So here goes, from the 1974 Potpourri...
Western Events for June 2016
ADVENTURE Crazy Horse Volkmarch Black Hills, SD, June 4-5: This Crazy Horse-inspired hike is a 6.2-mile woodlands ramble to the world’s largest...
Sutherland’s Ride Together
This was a film that I’ve been dreaming of making for 30-some-odd years,” Kiefer Sutherland told the audience when Forsaken premiered at the Autry...
Silent Film Actors were Tough
No matter how farfetched those silent movies featuring those hard riders of the silver screen; many of the actors including Tom Mix, Ken Maynard,...
Digging Billy the Kid
Several years ago, a debate over whether New Mexico’s Fort Sumner is actually the final resting place of the state’s most famous outlaw spilled over...
How do today’s cowboy boots compare to those of the Old West?
How do today’s cowboy boots compare to those of the Old West? Ray Burden Beckenham, Kent, England Cowboy boots today are quite similar to those worn...
A True West Writer’s 40-Year Journey
During June 1959, when I was one month shy of turning 15, I noticed a Western magazine on a newsstand called True West. Several other Western...
Judge Charlie Meyer
Many frontier towns had no official judge and usually a man respected for his knowledge would be asked to arbitrate disputes between two parties. If...
Virginia Chow-Chow
One of the favorite condiments of the Old West was chow-chow, a spicy vegetable mixture. This recipe shows why it was so tasty and so popular. Chop,...
A Blast at the Tucson Train Station
On March 20, 1882, Wyatt Earp gave Frank Stilwell a shotgun send-off. Doc Holliday and others added their two cents. Stilwell’s body, found the next...
A Good Gun and a Trusty Horse
Throughout history, the horse has been known as “Man’s Noblest Companion.” Alexander the Great had Bucephalus, Marengo was Napolean’s favorite...