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April 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. SANTA CLARITA COWBOY FESTIVALSanta Clarita, CA, April 19-22: Melody Ranch &...
In the Nov/Dec. 2011 issue, I told readers a possible reason why Geronimo was holding two sticks was so he could steady the gun while firing. Reader David West has shared another explanation:
In the Nov/Dec. 2011 issue, I told readers a possible reason why Geronimo was holding two sticks was so he could steady the gun while firing. Reader...
Who was the man Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed in Abilene, Kansas?
Who was the man Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed in Abilene, Kansas? John “Arizona” Crawley Salem, Oregon Mike Williams was a former bartender from...
Why did some vaquero saddles have dinner plate-type saddle horns?
Why did some vaquero saddles have dinner plate-type saddle horns? Glade Fawson Riverton, Utah My famous saddlemaker friend, Carson Thomas, of...
How successful were traveling entertainers in the Old West?
How successful were traveling entertainers in the Old West? Jack A, Graves Turlock, California They were popular in the entertainment-starved West,...
The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century development?
The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century...
Did Arizona ever list train robbery as a capital offense?
Did Arizona ever list train robbery as a capital offense? Norman Lilley Forepaugh, Arizona Yep. The railroads wielded enough political pressure to...
Route 66: Lost & Found
The famous Mother Road pathway lingers in our memories, and Russell A. Olsen highlights its charms in Route 66: Lost & Found (Voyageur Press,...
Cleaving an Unknown World
By 1869, Lewis & Clark, trappers, U.S. Army surveyors and pioneer emigrants had pretty much explored most of the continental United States, but...
The Great Plains Guide to Custer
When folks ask me about the goals I have as the U.S. Congress’s “Foremost Custer Living Historian,” I tell them that, in addition to reading the...
Little Big Man
The Western was fair game in 1970, when the movie Little Big Man was released. Those were cynical times, and people were polarized—politically,...