A portfolio of bold American women who changed the world. Alexis de Tocqueville came to America to study democracy. At the end of his two-volume...
The Real Women of the Wild West
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Slinging Lead, Hot Type and the Truth
History tried to erase the courageous Arizona journalist, but her remarkable life and work as a publisher is a testament to her courage and her...
Paths of Glory and Days of Darkness
After the Battle of Little Bighorn, the seven officers' wives had an immortal bond. On July 29, 1876, Elizabeth Custer requested an audience with...
All Tacked Up
Using brass or iron furniture tacks was one of American Indians’ favorite ways of dressing up their firearms. Decorations on firearms and...
Artful Persistence
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Annual Prix de West showcases the best in Western art. Western art as a genre...
Thank You, President Lincoln
Here’s how we got home, home on the range. Free Land!” In 30 states. Offering 270 million acres—one tenth of the entire United States. Over two...
Raising Them Right
Dellie Blachly overcame tragedy to bring higher education to her sons. Dellie Blachly was a shrewd, driven and courageous woman—in her time...
Frederick Nolan
Frederick Nolan March 7, 1931 - June 15, 2022 An English historian redefined the scholarship on Billy the Kid. The one thing that...
Robert M. Utley
Robert M. Utley October 31, 1929 - June 7, 2022 A former student’s personal tribute remembers a great historian, mentor and friend. Robert M....
My Stage Partners
Fred Nolan and Robert Utley could riff with the best of them. In April of 2012, I was giving a history talk in a tent on the concourse of Ruidoso...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings “Be careful when you follow the masses; sometimes the M is silent.” Quotes “Life can’t defeat a writer who is in love...
Home on the Range
For four decades, former Nebraska homesteader-turned-frontier photographer Solomon D. Butcher posed homesteader families and their livestock in...