It was quite natural for Wyatt Earp to gravitate to Gower Gulch, the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood, where...
Wyatt Earp’s First Film
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Wyatt Earp’s First Film
It was quite natural for Wyatt Earp to gravitate to Gower Gulch, the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood, where...
Wyatt On the Set!
His story, said Bat Masterson, was the story of the West. For years Wyatt Earp was reluctant to tell it. But as some began to resurrect his...
May 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. New Mexico History MuseumCentennial Exhibits Santa Fe, NM: Learn about the first...
Thom Ross
“I had a cowboy who came to one of my shows and exclaimed, ‘This isn’t Western art!’” Thom Ross says. “And every painting was of Billy the Kid, Doc...
Sizing Up
There are a lot of tall tales about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This is not one of them. No, this is a short reminder of...
Jerks in Arizona History
Sam Lowe’s Jerks in Arizona History is even stranger than its title. This book consists of an 18-chapter hodgepodge about nearly every crook, train...
Romance Maker
For the first time, one book has managed to provide a comprehensive survey of watercolor works by master artist Charles M. Russell. Even more...
Bonanzas & Borrascas
Alas, book reviewers do not swear an oath of truthfulness. Many misuse adjectives such as “classic.” But Bonanzas & Borrascas (Arthur H. Clark...
Wild Bill Hickok and the Wrath of the Dead Rabbits
Many will assume that with such a title the book is meant to be humorous, but it is not. I doubt even the redoubtable Ned Buntline, in one of his...
10 for 10: Leadville, Colorado
1. Called the “Smithsonian of the Rockies,” the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum offers up a prospector’s cave and a 23-oz. gold nugget from...
The “Crazy” Dose
“One of the most prevalent superstitions was regarding the burial of partially decayed materials under steps of the house of the person to whom one...