Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOW The Cowboy Returns: Photographs by Bank and John Langmore Oklahoma City,...
On the Rock with the Apache Kid
In 1888, Ski-be-nan-ted , better known as The Apache Kid, was sentenced to a ten year term at Alcatraz for a crime he did not commit. Pardoned after...
Jim Masterson and a Stick of Dynamite
Jim Masterson isn’t as well known as his brother Bat, but he actually spent more time in law enforcement than his older sibling; about 17 years. His...
No “Thanks” for the Chinese
It was a race to build a transcontinental railroad—one crew coming from the east, the other from the west, eventually to meet up in Utah. James...
Death Comes for the Wicked
Gary L. Stuart’s The Valles Caldera (Gleason and Wall Publishing, $14.95), the second in his Angus series following Ten Shoes Up, features the...
On the Trail of Father Pierre De Smet
At age 20, Pierre Jean De Smet left his native Belgium and came to America, where, in 1821, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Maryland. He studied...
The Man Who Shot Bill Tilghman
“You Know My Name,” is a 1999 film that glorified Oklahoma lawman Bill Tilghman. Sam Elliott is one of my all-time favorite actors and this is...
Fine Wine at the O.K. Corral
We have this image of Old West saloons serving rotgut, but in wild Tombstone, A.T., Kelly’s Wine House served 26 wines imported from Europe and had...
The Ordeal of Larcena Pennington
Southeastern Arizona was contested ground. The few Americans who dared its dangers called the region the “Purchase,” after the 1854 Gadsden Purchase...
Was Jesse James fighting to bring back the Confederacy?
J. Stiles has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his last couple of books—one about Cornelius Vanderbilt and the other about George Armstrong Custer. His...
Did most Texas Rangers not wear badges until after the turn of the 20th century?
Did most Texas Rangers not wear badges until after the turn of the 20th century? Bob Dean Castroville, Texas The pre-Civil War Texas Rangers were...
The True Odyssey of Hugh Glass
Warning: Spoilers follow. The true odyssey of Hugh Glass is a fabulously thrilling action drama about one man’s obsession to survive under the most...