In his day, Buffalo Bill Cody was arguably the most famous American in the world. No surprise, really, considering the former soldier and...

  “NEARLY everyone on the coast and directly east of the mountains came to know my brother, either personally or by repute, as early as the...

For firearms enthusiasts, the name John Bianchi is synonymous with quality gunleather, and for good reason. He’s truly a living legend, having made...

Every Old West town had saloons and bawdy houses. How many, though, had an observatory? Del Norte, the southern Colorado mining town near the San...

Are you here to see the Dakota War exhibit?” a male worker at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul asks me. It takes a moment before I can...

Main Street has a particular  meaning in America. It’s where everything started, and where great memories still live. For Zuni Gov. Arlen Quetawki,...

For many American Indians, events of the past—even the distant past—are as real and present as something that occurred yesterday. The Sand Creek...

Ginger beer is the favorite drink in all parts of the country for use in harvest time, and is probably the very best for such use. It is agreeable...

The elegant Californio gentleman shown in the accompanying photo may or may not have ever danced on his hat, as the fellow did in Allan Sherman’s...

I am supposed to be interviewing Andy Sponseller at Ten Spoon Winery in Missoula, Montana, but he had to make an emergency trip up north. The...

  “If guns could talk” is a popular adage in our business. One that gets pretty close is the Colt Single Action “Couch” gun up for bid at our...