Cincinnati artist John Hauser left behind few letters and no diaries, making biographical details of his life and work sketchy at best. Yet an...
Hauser’s Story Finds its Heartbeat
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Black Warriors of the West
In the wake of the Civil War the American West offered perceived opportunities for nearly every element of society. So it came to be that some...
Why are smaller wheels on the front of stagecoaches and wagons?
Why are smaller wheels on the front of stagecoaches and wagons? Charles Baker Lake Panasoffkee, Florida The front wheels were smaller on both wagons...
Are the wooden hitching posts in frontier towns pure Hollywood?
Are the wooden hitching posts in frontier towns pure Hollywood? Barry Waldbaum Centereach, New York Since nearly everyone traveled either on...
How common were stagecoach robberies in the Old West?
How common were stagecoach robberies in the Old West? Katrina Devereaux Mesa, Arizona In Arizona alone, 129 stage robberies took place between 1875...
Did jail cells in Westerns always have a window to an alley?
Jail cells in Westerns always have a window to an alley where pals of the prisoner can toss notes or guns through. How accurate is that? Jim...
Did Old West folks wear sunglasses?
Did Old West folks wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from the sun? David Fuller Storrs, Connecticut Not usually, sunglasses weren’t readily...
Did 19th-century U.S. soldiers carry military ID cards?
Did 19th-century U.S. soldiers carry military ID cards, or their equivalent, as all military personnel do now? James Rowley Laingsburg, Michigan ID...
What are the odds that an Old West cowboy would get into a gunfight?
What are the odds that an Old West cowboy would get into a gunfight? Mike Franklin Poteet, Texas Not high. Cowboys mostly spent their time “keeping...
Ghost Town Travelogues
In 1938, teenager Phil Varney moved with his folks from the flatlands of Illinois to the deserts of Arizona. He’d never seen mountains shouldering...
The Cowgirl Way
When women moved to the American West with the great migration of the 1800s, they left behind some of the constricting rules of femininity, becoming...
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark, by Wallace G. Lewis, is not just another title in the flood of books about the Lewis and Clark expedition....