In 1860, Capt. William F. Raynolds, along with Jim Bridger and Dr. F.V. Hayden, explored the headwaters of the Yellowstone and Snake Rivers. This...

Tom Cruise might jump-start a reboot of John Sturges’s 1960 The Magnificent Seven, though whether he has his eyes on the Steve McQueen role or the...

When Brian Lebel first told me how excited he was about the Annie Oakley collectibles that would be featured at his auction this year, I knew...

Renowned bootmaker Paul Bond passed away in February. He was just 96 years old. He was “just 96” because, by all accounts, his youthful vigor belied...

We salute those who think outside that glass display case. Remember back in those golden days when your folks would force you inside that same old...

1. The Old West lives in Stockyards City. Begun in 1910, shortly after statehood, the Oklahoma National Stockyards remains the world’s largest...

A few years ago, I attended the Dalton Days event in Meade, Kansas (held this July 13-14), and met two re-enactors from Arkansas. They told me the...

When Northfield re-enacts the James-Younger bank raid, during the Defeat of Jesse James Days this September 5-9, local historian Chip DeMann will be...

"It is the easiest thing in the world to make a living here if a man is industrious; but I am more and more hopeless of our ever making enough money...

On September 7, 1876, the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, was robbed. Historians agree on that much. But ask them anything else—Who...