During the medically captivating scene in 1970’s Two Mules for Sister Sara, Hogan (Clint Eastwood) lay in pain for about 70 minutes after being shot...
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What to Wear This Summer
I wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding trousers [sic]; alligator hide boots; and with my pearl...
The Divorce Seekers
After gambling away my earnings from wrangling horses at the notorious Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming, I shipped my footlocker and saddle freight...
Glacier’s Great Artists
“Railway stations and hotels served in a real sense as the first “art galleries” in the West, at a time before traditional art institutions were...
Meet Robert J. Conley
I knew Robert J. Conley was not your typical Western writer when he came up to me and fellow author John D. Nesbitt at an Albuquerque bar and...
Wyatt Goes Rogue
March 21-22, 1882 Fresh from avenging the murder of Wyatt Earp’s brother Morgan by killing Frank Stilwell at the train station in Tucson, Arizona,...
Extreme Western History Adventures
“Oh my God, Morgan Earp has been killed!” The cry reverberated through the streets of Tombstone, Arizona. John Clum, town mayor and editor of the...
Alias Soapy Smith
Alias Soapy Smith by Jeff Smith is a massive biography of a notorious outlaw of Denver, Colorado, and Skagway, Alaska. The author’s zeal is...
In Trace of TR: A Montana Hunter’s Journey
Another man who sacrificed for his country was Theodore Roosevelt. The admiration for Roosevelt, Montana hunting and all things outdoors is evident...
Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Bone-chilling cold held Fort Pierre, South Dakota, in its icy grip the evening of January 27, 2010, as six men met in the city’s cozy Log Cabin...
Ozarks Gunfights and Other Notorious Incidents
Nowhere was the Civil War fought more bitterly with its guerrilla raids and counter raids than in the turbulent Ozarks region. Yet war’s end brought...
Peg Leg
Thomas William Ward was a remarkable figure in the Texas Revolution. Losing his right leg to cannon fire, he steadfastly remained in the military...