Did Civil War veterans wear military surplus items? Jean Philippe Reynier Montpellier, France We know the veterans returning from the war...
Did Civil War veterans wear military surplus items?
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Why did cowboys wear vests?
Why did cowboys wear vests? Dan Cherrington Roswell, Georgia Vests not only kept the torso warm, but they were also pretty handy. At that time,...
What do you know about the Bella Union Opera House in Tombstone, Arizona?
What do you know about the Bella Union Opera House in Tombstone, Arizona? Joe GallagherOntario, California I called Tombstone’s former official...
Who filled up the watering troughs for horses in frontier towns?
Who filled up the watering troughs for horses in frontier towns? Dave Freestone Kingman, Arizona Usually someone in the employment of the town,...
The Last Gunfight
Fresh off his acclaimed bio of Bonnie and Clyde, Jeff Guinn turns his attention to the Old West. The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout...
1958’s Terror in a Texas Town
The year 1958 saw two Westerns with similar stories: William Wyler’s big-budget, color The Big Country and the low-budget, black-and-white Terror in...
Dinos in the West
If we can be expected to accept animated cowboy chameleons and marauding aliens in our newfangled Western movie world, we may as well toss in...
True Grit
The 2010 True Grit may not have grabbed any Oscars, but it did rake in more money than any Western since Dances With Wolves. The DVD and Blu-ray...
Stars in My Crown
The 1950 movie Stars in My Crown stars Joel McCrea as a Civil War vet, Josiah Gray, who arrives in a Tenneesee town as the new pastor. The story is...
Ambush
Robert Taylor’s second Western after Billy the Kid, 1950’s Ambush, is an underrated cavalry picture. Hard boiled characters were everywhere in that...
Tim Holt Western Classics
Warner Bros. has issued the first of what I hope will be several Tim Holt collections. This five-disc, 10-movie set shows Holt at the beginning of...
Home on the Rango
Since the movie Rango opened nationally in March, the critics have struggled to get a fix on it. They can’t seem to make up their minds whether...