Arguably the most historic town in Arizona sits in the central highlands, sheltered by forested mountains yet easily accessible to visitors seeking...

In 1903, Edwin S. Porter made the 9-minute film called the Great Train Robbery in the wilds of New Jersey. It was the first with a story. Earlier...

In Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre (University of Oklahoma Press, $29.95), Paul R. Wylie has given us an outstanding look into a tragic...

In 1890, Walt Rigney ran a saloon on the Mogollon Rim. His hair stuck out like a pine bough, so the soldiers who frequented the saloon called him...

Somewhere around 1890, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association decided to take deadly action against men they regarded as rustlers. Tom Waggoner was...

Billy Curtis may have been one of the most unusual heroes in any Western. Then again, his first Oater was…different. Billy, all 4’2” of him, played...

In early 1858, Lt. Joseph Christmas Ives of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers commanded the first military vessel up the Colorado River. He...

What is your opinion of John Wesley Hardin? Bill Calloway Wilmington, Delaware I view John Wesley Hardin as a product of his times—and those were...

In 1961, Michael Curtiz directed his final film—the John Wayne vehicle The Comancheros. As Westerns go, it’s okay even though it’s far from...

After his surrender in 1886, the Apache leader Geronimo became quite in demand at expositions, parades and fairs and he quickly caught on to the...

In 1852, the month of May started off seeing the birth of Martha Jane Canary, who became Calamity Jane. Fittingly, she shared her birth month with...

Shirley Lesure, a retired nurse living in New River, Arizona, had just found out a painting she thought might be worth $100,000 would not even...