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...
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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...
Zane Grey’s Arizona and New Mexico
A backroads tour of the Western author’s two favorite states leads to small towns, historic sites and awe-inspiring natural wonders. ...
Momaday’s Billy the Kid Pistola
The famed Pulitzer Prize-winning writer shares his obsession for Billy the Kid in his tale of a gun he believes the outlaw owned. This is the story...
Legendary Tilghman Goes Down
When the Law Goes Bad There’s a fine line between catching an outlaw and becoming one. Two Different Versions of the Fight Based on the research of...
The Winner
Joseph Glidden’s invention won the West. In the fall of 1873, Joseph Glidden did what many farmers did and do: he went to the county fair. In this...