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Tracking Roosevelt’s River Pirates

by Bill Markley | May 24, 2011

Theodore Roosevelt stood fuming at his Elkhorn Ranch on the west bank of the Little Missouri River in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. Thieves had...

Skirts and Spurs

by Miriam Cronkhite | May 24, 2011

Cowgirls have often forged friendships at ranches across the American West. Whether they were part of a multi-generational ranching family or 1920s...

Scattergun Sidekicks Reunite

by Phil Spangenberger | May 24, 2011

As the stagecoach gently rumbled through the soft dirt, I cradled my sawed-off scattergun, ready for trouble. A shot suddenly rang out from behind...

Forts of the Northern Plains

by Candy Moulton | May 24, 2011

I have a hankering to put some more miles on my car, so I fill my gas tank and head west to visit some of the forts established in the Intermountain...

Cuchillo Crusader

by Jana Bommersbach | May 24, 2011

A family of wild turkeys is to thank for Josh Bond and his heroic efforts to save an abandoned town almost everyone has overlooked. It was 14 years...

Mrs. Custer at the Movies

by Mark Boardman | May 24, 2011

Elizabeth Bacon Custer—keeper of the flame for George Armstrong Custer, her husband who famously died at the Little Big Horn in 1876—was also an...

The Holy Grail for Sale

by Mark Boardman | May 24, 2011

The Billy the Kid tintype is on the auction block, and it might just clear half a million. Back in December 1880, New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew...

The Charms of Ranch Life

by twadmin | May 2, 2011

Here are 21 guest ranches we recommend that promise to offer what Theodore Roosevelt first extolled in his 1885 Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: “The...

Celebrating Buffalo Bill

by Steve Friesen | May 2, 2011

Johnny Baker founded the Buffalo Bill Museum in 1921 near William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s grave on Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado. It was the...