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...

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...

For the first time, one book has managed to provide a comprehensive survey of watercolor works by master artist Charles M. Russell. Even more...

Alas, book reviewers do not swear an oath of truthfulness. Many misuse adjectives such as “classic.” But Bonanzas & Borrascas (Arthur H. Clark...

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...

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...

“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...

As the SUV rounds the curve, I can see the  Associated Press  bulletin flashing into newsrooms across the world: “URGENT: Last Casualties of the...

November 3, 1883 The Sonora-Milton stage rattles along, empty, save for the driver. Reason E. McConnell has been on the road for three hours since...