“…I helped put in the corn, and on the hills I picked green huckleberries to make a pie. I picked ripe huckleberries, walked a mile and a half to...
Berries, and I Don’t Mean Whistle
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What’s It Like to Live There—Topeka, Kansas
As we commemorate the Civil War, all eyes should also look to Topeka, where, in 1855, Free State delegates assembled to draft a constitution that...
Did Doc Holliday Start the Fight?
October 26, 1881 Plus: Did Wyatt Earp Shoot Morgan in the Back? Come along,” says Virgil Earp, as he hands a Wells, Fargo & Co. shotgun to Doc...
Artists We Love
Others may call Dave Powell the reincarnation of Charlie Russell, but we see a modern, if traditional, man with a new vision for cowboy art. That...
Wall Drug of South Dakota
“Free Ice Water. Wall Drug.” Millions of motorists have seen this sign or its hundreds of variations. You can spot Wall Drug signs worldwide, even...
Wall Drug of South Dakota
“Free Ice Water. Wall Drug.” Millions of motorists have seen this sign or its hundreds of variations. You can spot Wall Drug signs worldwide, even...
Artistas & Fashionistas
Western style, like Western art, is largely indefinable, but always recognizable. Sure, the two feature plenty of distinct clichés and...
How common were common-law marriages in the Old West?
How common were common-law marriages in the Old West? Joel ConwayDoraville, Georgia On the remote frontier, common-law marriages were fairly common....
The Historic Arkansas Museum has a Bowie knife that’s marked Number 1. Is it the original?
The Historic Arkansas Museum has a Bowie knife that’s marked Number 1. Is it the original? Jerry Sanders Batesville, Arkansas That’s a tough one....
Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West?
Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West? Jack GravesTurlock, California By and large, investors were out of luck when...
Stan Lynde
On my father’s ranch I learned that no task was beneath me, and that if a job needed doing, somebody needed to do it. I was born in the heart of the...
Sioux Success, Against All Odds
On May 28, 1868, during a U.S. Congress floor debate about an Indian appropriation bill, Montana Territory representative James M. Cavanaugh...