“Venison used to be sold over the block here, just like beef.... “Mrs. Dan (Diudonne) Lajeunesse ran the Thomas Hotel for a time [1900]; she had...
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Articles
The Evolution of Western Wear
A city kid visiting the West eyes a cowboy up and down, then asks him, “Mister, why do you wear a big hat?” “My hat protects my head from the sun,...
“Draw, Old Chap”
At this moment, on Clerkenwell Green in London, England, a lean cowboy with steel-blue eyes loosens his Colt’s revolver in its holster and pushes...
A Dust-Up in Delta
September 7, 1893 It’s a stifling hot Thursday morning in Delta, Colorado. Shops are open for business; most folks are inside, trying to beat the...
Pistols, Petticoats, & Poker
My interest in the photos of Lottie Deno was piqued after a discussion with Robert G. McCubbin, the renowned authority on Old West photographs and...
Six-Gun Caballero
If proof were needed that L. Ron Hubbard could handle the Western with the flair of a Louis L’Amour or Zane Grey, this book is it. Young Michael...
The Cheyenne Suitcase
Five months to the day after the Little Bighorn Battle commenced and ultimately resulted in the defeat of Custer and his 7th Cavalry, soldiers...
“Green” Ranching
Today, Sid Goodloe has a lush vista from his two-story ranch house. He can see for miles, looking at low hills and pine trees and thick grassland...
The Death of Chief Crazy Horse
“He has killed me now,” were the reported words of Crazy Horse, one of the greatest chiefs of the Sioux Nations, just after he was bayoneted at...
Skating In New Directions
I’m trying to avoid being trampled by a zillion tourists at the Santa Fe Indian Market or buried underneath an avalanche of roasted corn ears, and...
How I Ruined My Kids for History
On car trips my father would only stop for gas, food, oil and maybe, open wounds. He hated to stop. And even though every summer we were on The...
American West: Then & Now
Chances are you’ve never heard of Mrs. Nettie M. Dickson of Arrow Rock, Missouri. You may not have heard about Arrow Rock, for that matter. It’s...