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The Bloody Benders
Scare master John Carpenter, who created the Halloween franchise, wants to make a picture about The Bloody Benders, a German family of serial...
Meek’s Cutoff
Director Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff is not an action picture or a conventional Western, any more than The Assassination of Jesse James was a...
Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938
The National Film Preservation Foundation has dedicated an entire three-DVD collection to the American West and the Western. For hardcore fans, this...
The Lonely Road
Kraft walks the reader over the dusty trails with Wynkoop to the point that the reader gets to know Wynkoop’s most intimate activities as he...
Learning Their Trade…In Stir
Arnold Darby is in a great mood the day I arrive in Huntsville, Texas, to talk about his custom bootmaking business...with good reason. After...
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert, the latest honky-tonk angel to rock the white man’s Blues, has eyes that haunt you with a stare too old for her age (she’s 28). Her...
Saddle Up for the Holidays
Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you need to put away your riding boots. Saddling up during the celebratory season is a great way to play...
How long would it have taken a wagon train to go from Mississippi to California in the 1800s?
How long would it have taken a wagon train to go from Mississippi to California in the 1800s? Bobby & Myra Echols Cumming, Georgia The roughly...
Artists We Love—Ed Mell
Not one of the many art bios on Ed Mell mentions his great sense of humor. Ed Mell Not one of the many art bios on Ed Mell mentions his great sense...
Did Old West lynch mobs ever remove the boots of the man about to swing?
Did Old West lynch mobs ever remove the boots of the man about to swing? Samantha Aldridge Parsons, Kansas Under some circumstances, lynch mobs...
Following New Mexico’s Road to Statehood
Ah, New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment. Or, as many say, the Land of Entrapment. Or, while waiting for the plumber to show up, the Land of Mañana....