July 14, 1881 Billy the Kid vs. Pat Garrett Bad Moon Rising Rising at dawn, Garrett, Poe and McKinney ride “up into the hills” and scan the...
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Cannibal Correspondence
The most celebrated Colorado convict was wooed and loved—despite his life sentence for eating his camping compadres. Why do some women...
Yellowstone Prevails!
In early June, Yellowstone National Park, which is celebrating its sesquicentennial year, was hit with heavy rain and fast snowmelt causing...
The Six-Million-Dollar Gun
The real story behind Pat Garrett’s infamous pistol that killed Billy the Kid In the fall of 1880, Sheriff-elect Pat Garrett was given his marching...
A Fitting Funeral for Billy the Kid
What Really Happened to El Chivato? Billy arrived at the home of Celsa and Saval Gutiérrez, where he sometimes had a siesta, instead of the Maxwell...
And Now for Something Completely Different
From butterflies to classic Western scenes, sales at the annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction stunned and surprised collectors. All Images Courtesy the...
In This Museum, the Paintings Do Talk
The George Phippen Museum continues to inspire Western artists. The painting is so expressive, you can almost hear the words of the poem that...
Like Father, Like Son
Gunman-gambler Phil Coe followed in his dad’s footsteps—even unto death. phil Coe was a dangerous man, a gambler and saloon owner who was...
Shooting Back
The Real History of a Handcart When True West lands in my mailbox, I turn first to “Truth Be Known” for its wisdom and wit, then I flip to the great...
El Chivato Gets His Due
The Hispanic version of the Billy the Kid story has finally arrived three decades after it was predicted. Back in 1991, before my...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “Fear sees, even when the eyes are closed.” Quotes “Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity...
Driving – and Rowing – Them Home
Driving—and Rowing—Them Home After World War II, Cowboy Artists of America co-founder George Phippen developed into one of the most sought-after...