Educator and Historian Jane (Janie) Little Botkin, a Spur Award-winning biographer, seeks compelling stories of women, miners, lawmen and outlaws....
What History Has Taught Me: Jane Little Botkin
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Virgil Earp, Tombstone and a Shot of Whiskey
Western Roundup: September 2022
Defeat of Jesse James Days Northfield, MN, September 8-11: Celebrate the town heroes who stopped the Jesse James Gang during their famous...
Spirit of the West
The founding curator filled the blank canvas of Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is making...
Western Art Museums of the Year
Discover the best of the West at these Western showplaces of American artists. 2021-2022 was another time period many people would like to forget,...
Saving the West – Top Western Museums 2022
Our top Western Museums for 2022 reflect the dedication of communities to their heritage. The icons of the West, like the Duke and the American...
Rapid City, South Dakota
The “Gateway to the Black Hills” is the place to stay when exploring the region’s parks, monuments and historic sites. The state’s second...
True Grit
Director Brian Downes has made it his life's work to build and fill the expanded John Wayne Birthplace Museum. If you’ve visited the John...
Patrick Wayne
An actor in his own right, the Duke’s son entertained audiences for decades in Westerns and action movies. In the golden years of Hollywood,...
Reveille to Taps
A poignant biography of the survivors of Little Bighorn, a new collection of short stories, a biography of a Chinese frontier leader, a history of a...
I’m Your Huckleberry
The native wild berries of Montana are a popular treat. On June 3, 1805, William Clark wrote this in his journal as the Lewis and Clark...
Showman of the West
A rich historic trail will be discovered following Buffalo Bill’s path to celebrity. You can find William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody practically...