“He will sigh to lose his friend, groan if his wife dies, but if his dog is lost by death, his grief is overwhelming.” That's how a 19th Century...
Knowing What Was Important
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Could pioneers identify a person by the horse he was riding?
Could pioneers identify a person by the horse he was riding? Mary Zaborowski Houston, Texas Recognizing a horse came second nature to pioneers. One...
Fame is Fleeting
John Robert Baylor was an ambitious man, one who wanted position and power and recognition. He had shown that many times over between his move to...
Custer’s Composer
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...
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...