Across the West, cemeteries, monuments and memorials provide a poignant reminder of the West’s historic past. Across the United States...
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A Legendary Year, an Epic Story
A rollicking chronicle of the West, plus a new Arizona Rangers history, new bios of Hopi potter Nampeyo and Apache Chiquito, and a new classic...
The Legendary Jack Dalton
Was he Alaska's greatest backwoodsman and trailblazer? A Haines woman who’d known John “Jack” Dalton as a frequent guest at her...
The Accidental Explorer
From the Alaskan Arctic to the Bearpaw Battlefield in Montana, Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a man of action and adventure. In...
Quick as Lightning and Used to Killing Men
Billy “the Kid” Claiborne vs Buckskin Frank Leslie Tombstone Lives Up to its Claim: A Man for Breakfast Every Morning November 14,...
Surviving Winter
Artist David Wright’s decades of field research in all seasons reveal the beauty of the coldest season and the tenacity of the mountain men who made...
On the Trail of Ashley’s 100
An adventure awaits those who follow the Western routes of the mountain men. It might not be the most famous advertisement in the...
Uncle Chick, Me and the Christmas Tree
Looking back at Charles Orme’s ranch school, where students are still taught to this day. The aging Chevrolet Carryall van turned off the Old Black...
Bandera, Texas
Cattle-drive roots and cowboy cahoots make this Hill Country town a favorite Old West destination. It’s no wonder Bandera is a cowboy...
Golden Chocolate
California’s famous candy companies have been making the world a sweeter place since 1849. One of California’s contributions to our...
Jeremiah Johnson
Half a century later, it’s still the best mountain man movie ever made. Long before there was a grid to live off of, there were mountain men,...
Black Bart, Buffalo Robes and Outlaw Hideouts
What were buffalo hides used for? Pat McManus Cave Junction, Oregon Often, they were used for coats or blankets—both by Indians and Whites. In the...