The first baseball game played west of the Mississippi happened at Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 9, 1860, between the Cyclones and...
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Traveling Through History
We handpicked six history-loving, trailblazing road aficionados for your sightseeing edification....
Wild Bunch Territory
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Larry Clarkson, a native Utahn, born and raised in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. He stills lives,...
Tracking the Texas Rangers
You’re Riding Shotgun With… David George, who orchestrated the turnaround of the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in San Antonio, further...
Gold Coast’s Badmen
You’re Riding Shotgun With… San Francisco-born John Boessenecker, who, as a boy, made annual vacation trips along this route with his...
Doc Holliday Slept Here
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Thomas J. Noel, who is truly “Dr. Colorado.” He has written more than 40 books on Colorado, he is a...
Custer & Cody Country
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Candy Moulton, a fourth-generation Westerner, who was reared on the Wyoming ranch her grandparents...
Cathouse Melee
April 5, 1894 Bass Outlaw is drunk. This isn’t news. He’s been described by fellow Texas Ranger Alonzo Oden as “so kind . . . more sympathetic, more...
Cowboys & Cowtowns
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Orin Friesen, whose passions are the Chisholm Trail, Texas Longhorn cattle, the Pony Express and Kansas...
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...