What better place for writer Johnny D. Boggs and realtor Lisa Smith to live than the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the edge of a greenbelt?...
Living Like the Boggs
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A Grave Matter for Mattie Earp
You may know Celia Ann Blaylock-Mattie-from movies such as Tombstone or Wyatt Earp. She’s the drugged out, paranoid shrew who tried the patience of...
The Russian River’s Redwoods
I can only imagine what the settlers of California’s Russian River must have thought as they stared up at the towering redwood trees. I can only...
The Sharpshooter’s Choice
“Aim at a high mark” was the motto adopted (even copyrighted) by the legendary female sharpshooter Annie Oakley, reflecting her lifelong quest for...
The Pony Rides Again, 150 Years Later
The Pony began when Johnny Fry rode from Pikes Peak Stables in St. Joseph, Missouri on April 3, 1860. Its lifespan was short, a mere 18 months, but...
Sacred Ground
Ernest Marquez can remember back eight decades of joyfully playing in his family’s cemetery. “I remember looking at the old wooden statue of San...
Sawbones, Literally
Let’s revisit those beginning scenes in Dances With Wolves, when Lt. Dunbar (Kevin Costner) is lying, bootless, with an injured right foot in the...
Sunday Dinner
What do you get when you combine good food, family, friends, laughter, music and entertainment? A pleasant old-fashioned Sunday feast! That’s...
Sons of the Pioneers Spice Up Music Auction
Leonard Franklin Slye likely never would have become the actor we know as Roy Rogers had he not first found fame in a cowboy band he formed with Tim...
Surviving Festival of the West
The Rockin’ M Wranglers don’t really look like wranglers, and Jim and Jeanne Martin certainly don’t sound like most wranglers I’ve known. The couple...
Horse Romance
The West was won from the back of the horse. Mounted conquistadors easily subdued American Indians initially terrified by the strange beast. The...
Lineup at Encore Westerns
Encore’s Westerns Channel has announced that, beginning in 2010, the channel will be broadcasting a new batch of vintage TV Westerns, including...