The first time Lee and David Manuel laid eyes on Hot Lake Springs, they thought the three-story brick building could star in a horror movie: it had...
Patróns of the West
El Patrón is an appropriate name for Benelli USA’s Uberti 1873 Cattleman single-action revolver. In English definitions of the Spanish term you’ll...
Remembering Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine, Oscar-winning actor and perennial favorite of movies and TV for more than six decades, died on July 8, at the age of 95. Borgnine...
Dr. Buck Montgomery
The secret to producing festivals is the “Disneyland Theory”—always offer something different for your guests to experience every year. Walt changed...
John Moyers
John Moyers couldn’t tell you when he first picked up a paintbrush, but he could tell you when he began his career as an artist. “I always did it,”...
The Great Artist Duel
One of the best Wild West shoot-outs involved two Eastern artists. Instead of facing each other in the street, Charles Schreyvogel and Frederic...
Life-Saving Buffalo Robes
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery passed the first winter of their epic 1804-06 expedition on the northern banks of the...
Sleeping in a Dog’s Head
Nesting in the belly of a beagle, in the cabin of a sternwheeler or in a granary surrounded by flower gardens can give you not only a unique night...
A Rich Visual Playground
At this year’s Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, held in Reno, Nevada, on July 21, collectors found a grand offering of masters and contemporary artists...
They Called Me Janey
“Your woman who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatigueing rout to the Pacific Ocean and back, deserved a greater reward for her attention...
53 Statues You Need to See Before You Die
Nearly half a century after Denver denizens commissioned Preston Powers to create Closing of an Era, the city put its faith in a prominent sculptor...
The Last Hash Knife Cowboy
"I consider it a damn good outfit,” George W. Hennessey once said of the infamous Hash Knife Outfit at the Aztec Land & Cattle Company, at one...