If Charmaine White Face has her way - and the international recognition she’s already gotten says she’s on that road - the Black Hills of South...
Defender of the Black Hills
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Articles
Indian-Inspired Fashion
“He honored Sitting Bull by dressing him in...fine clothes with his own hands. [The Arikara (Ree) chief] put on him two fine scarlet trailing...
A Hair-Raising Tale
The origins of scalping during warfare seem to originate hundreds, if not thousands of years ago in Europe and may have been practiced on this...
Naco Debacle
April 3, 1908 Arizona Ranger Jeff Kidder rides into Naco, Arizona, to renew his commission. Upon finding out that Capt. Harry Wheeler is chasing...
Trigger Happy
“Roy Rogers and Dale Evans came riding (in a jet) out of the sunset to Tampa yesterday to oversee a weekend shooting contest at River Ranch Acres,...
My Christmas Wish List
I asked for a pony one Christmas. A palomino, if memory serves, but I would have settled for a sorrel. I didn’t get it. I didn’t get that Fort...
“Everyone Stayed Home to Watch Gus Die”
The triumph of the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove is such that to once again name the awards and repeat the ratings and draw quotes from the universal...
Gary Ernest Smith
I grew up on a ranch in northeastern Oregon. Each season brought with it its designated work responsibilities. The work seemed endless. As a boy, it...
Heading for the Hills
Riding along peaceful West Verde Creek on Comanche Bluff Trail, I could see in my mind’s eye the natives stalking a transplanted settler from Poland...
Famed Forty-Fours Shoot Again
Until 1900, one out of every four Colt’s Single Action Army (SAA) revolvers was produced in .44-40 caliber. The .44 WCF (.44 Winchester Central...
Following Charlie Russell’s Paintbrush
It’s a quiet day in Utica. No practical joker has tied tin cans to a dog’s tail and sent that dog running across the street in front of the General...
River Rock Oasis
Fifteen years ago Tom and Linda Whitaker organized the Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair, but they had been collecting Western...