The Year 2014 proved to be a year of ups and downs for the Western, with a major film dying gutshot at the box office, while one of the most...

Alfred Jacob Miller, George Catlin, John Mix Stanley and Karl Bodmer’s romantic illustrations of America’s frontier Indians were matchless...

John B. Stetson set up shop in 1865 in Philadelphia and began selling his “Boss of the Plains” Stetson hat he had invented while living out West,...

A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ADVENTURE New Year’s Day Train Durango, CO, January 1: Start the New Year aboard...

Who was Doc Carver? Susan Mizla Manchester, Connecticut Born on May 7, 1840, William F. “Doc” Carver was a 19th-century world champion shooter and...

Who was White Apache? Joe Gallagher Ontario, California Dan Thrapp was preparing a book on “White Apache” Zebina Streeter when he died in 1994, and...

Was Geronimo a real Apache chief? Donald Anderson Phoenix, Arizona Author Morris Edward Opler, who interviewed Apache elders in the 1930s, believed...

Did Indians send smoke signals? Ronald Davis Gilbert, Arizona Many tribes did. They didn’t send complicated messages, such as “Red Cloud has 347...

Did the Apaches rape captives? Bill Brady Smyrna, Georgia Ed Sweeney, author of the definitive work on the Apache Wars, From Cochise to Geronimo:...

Why don’t we have any confirmed photos of Crazy Horse? Dan Winrow Sioux Falls, South Dakota Jeff Barnes, a fifth-generation Nebraskan and author of...

Why do we know so little about Crazy Horse? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Simply put, Oglala war leader Crazy Horse was an incredibly...

Fate hitched Edward S. Curtis to George Bird Grinnell at one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, Mount Rainier. The photographer met the...