George Goodfellow was kicked out of one career before becoming an international success in another. Of all the characters who graced the streets of...
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Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. The Revenge...
Ride On, Brave Riders
We have been bucking the odds for a very long time—69 years, to be exact. Yes, somehow, some way, this feisty, little ol’ magazine has survived,...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.” Quotes “Movies are like writing history with...
Safe Crossing
The Little Colorado River starts high on the slopes of Mount Baldy in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona and flows north across the Colorado...
Hellraisers & Trailblazers
The Real Women of the Wild West All Artwork by Bob Boze Bell The Queen of the Colorado Red Light District Jennie Rogers was a tall drink of water,...
The Seminole Burnings
Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Tilghman's Courageous Work was the Greatest of His Legendary Career. The largest and most sensational criminal trial that...
Tumbling Dice, Blind Pigs and Brothels
The Earps’ last stand in Los Angeles was more bust than bonanza. In 1866 the first home for disabled war veterans was opened in Togus, Maine, and...
Gunslinger Guns for Today’s “Shootists”
Nowadays, Old West fans can enjoy solid, shooting replicas of the six-guns and long-arms packed by the legendary gunmen of yesteryear. While many of...
Ulzana’s Raid
Fifty years after its release, Robert Aldrich's Western stands out as a classic in an era when the genre is waning. In 1972’s...
War and Peace
Linda Wommack’s new history of Colorado’s Indian Wars, a collection of essays on the Silver State, a tale of a Cheyenne hero, a classic Western from...
Cowboy Hats and Western Boots
The two most recognizable fashion icons of the American West are selling out worldwide. Born out of necessity in the post-Civil War West, the...