After the young man most people know as Billy the Kid was shot dead—in his stocking feet and not knowing who killed him—dozens of dime novels and...

These works helped inform my own Little Big Home tome, and they are essential reading for anyone who wants to know more before visiting the Little...

The five essential reads I recommend to anyone visiting Comanche Country are: The Great Plains by Walter Prescott Webb (University of Nebraska...

Five essential reads, alongside my work, that I recommend folks read before they visit Tombstone are: Tombstone, A.T.: A History of Early Mining,...

Wives and families accompanying their military husbands during wartime is nothing new in American history. Martha Washington spent winter encampment...

With a budget of $250 million, this summer’s Disney movie, The Lone Ranger, will be the largest of any Western ever made in cinema history. Yet just...

The Pacific Northwest was far off Tom Mix’s range in 1909. Yet the Oklahoma cowboy was inspired by his past four years performing as a bronc buster...

Anyone visiting Gold Rush Country should be sure to read these first: The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience by J.S. Holliday...

Go on the road with five masterful storytellers. Find out what your favorite authors are reading this summer. Keep your eyes peeled for this...

When I entered graduate school at Colorado A&M College in the fall of 1954, my roommate hung a Charles M. Russell print on his wall: 1911’s Call...