“I want to continue the traditional methods and designs,” Tonita Hamilton Nampeyo said. “I don’t want to deviate from what my mom [Fannie Polacca]...

“I want to continue the traditional methods and designs,” Tonita Hamilton Nampeyo said. “I don’t want to deviate from what my mom [Fannie Polacca]...
ADOBE RANCH, N.M. Out here, where the tawny Plains of San Agustin spill over the Continental Divide and slap up against the mountains of the Black...
Ned Wynkoop risked his command to end an Indian war and exploded with rage when those same Indians were brutally hacked to pieces at Sand Creek....
It was the autumn of 1962, and we had just returned from a two-year duty tour in Taiwan. The Old Man had decided to retire from the U.S. Air Force,...
Because of their unusual looks, Merwin, Hulbert & Co. firearms have been considered the “ugly ducklings” of frontier six-shooters. For years,...
We’ve seen them ride off into the sunset at the end of the story, but what happens when the heroes and outlaws, the men of myth and grand adventure,...
December 22, 1873 Stationed at Camp McDowell, northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, a unit of the 5th Cavalry, led by Lt. Walter S. Schuyler, has been on...
“For many, the words ‘Wild West’ bring to mind the geography and lore of the trans-Mississippi United States during the late 1800s,” writes Michael...
The problem with Country Music is it is now run by, and the awards are voted on by, people who spend all their time texting messages like “OMG! That...
Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child? Steve Wegner Scottsdale, Arizona I think...
Where is Morgan Earp’s wife, Louisa, buried? John “Arizona” Crawley Salem, Oregon After the 1882 assassination of Morgan, Louisa lived in southern...
Jesse James and the Movies (McFarland & Company, $38 from Store.TWMag.com) The legend of Jesse James defines the history of the Western. How...