June 9, 1904 Two days earlier, the westbound San Francisco Express—train no. 5—was robbed near a shipping station in Colorado known as Parachute....
Kid Curry’s Last Gunfight
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A Rocky Mountain Christmas
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone combine fantasy with Old West action in A Rocky Mountain Christmas. When a train is derailed by an...
He Rode with Butch and Sundance
Mark T. Smokov’s biography of Wild Bunch member Harvey Logan, He Rode with Butch and Sundance: The Story of Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan, overturns some...
Custer Saved the Nation
More a study of cultures in collision than an attempt to set records straight or expose new findings about George A. Custer, Larry McMurtry’s Custer...
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them
Tapping a veritable wagon train of sources, Will Bagley takes Western enthusiasts along on a trek whereupon they can vicariously suffer daunting...
Remington’s Second Life
Not many collectors know that Frederic Remington was a novelist. Because he earned his living as an artist, he had the luxury of portraying the West...
The Soul of Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino has called his upcoming film Django Unchained a “Southern,” as it takes place in the South, moments before the first shots were...
Phil Collins’s Top Five Alamo Reads
He’s sold more than 200 million records, and he’s a lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, but what we like most about Phil Collins is that he is...
Hanging Your Hat in Colorado’s Historic Hotels
Sure, you can find historic hotels across the West, but I don’t know if any state offers a better selection than Colorado. Don’t believe me? Well,...
10 for 10: Grapevine, Texas
1. See a Victorian Christmas come to life at the 1859 Nash Farm. You can make traditional handmade Christmas ornaments, hear holiday stories and...
Tom Van Dyke
History has taught me it’s never too late to ride a fresh horse. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company when he was 40 years old. I fell in love...
Gold Rush Genealogy
More people are getting into investigating history. Their family history, that is. Not necessarily this column. Drat. That includes Academy...