My wife Dana and I rode into the heart of the Alabama Hills, a place I had been to thousands of times in my 50-plus years, even though I’d never set...
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Herding Belligerent Bison
If you get up close, especially when one decides to charge you on horseback, bison can be pretty scary beasts. They look prehistoric, with their...
Nate Funmaker
When people come into my store, many are surprised to meet me. One customer said to me, “I’m thinkin I’m going to see a 60-year-old Jewish guy...
The Adventures of a Wagon Train
Robert Fuller was the perfect TV cowboy. He loved to ride, loved acting, he had the looks and, as the child of professional dancers, he had the...
San Antonio, Texas
"Bring in your deer antlers and you can trade them for a shot of whiskey or beer." When you enter the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum in San Antonio,...
Cow Camp Style
It took a decade to find the property that Mike and Amy Bennett envisioned: a classic little log building not unlike the trailside museum at the...
Ups & Downs of Ranching Dream
Who hasn’t fantasized about riding off into the sunset on your own horse through beautiful Western terrain that is all yours for as far as the eye...
The Most Famous Rifle of the Old West
Thanks largely to its use on the American frontier, the slab-sided 1873 Winchester lever-action rifle has become an icon of the Wild West. The 1873...
Journey Through Spanish Missions Country
Tourists—tons of them—walk inside these walls with a quiet reverence. It’s not because the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) remind them of...
Preservation: Galvanizing Galveston
Galvanizing Galveston Hurricane Ike put a hurt on the Texas port city of Galveston in mid-September. Thirteen-foot floodwaters wreaked havoc with...
The Sinagua Sunwatchers
When Kenneth J. Zoll and his wife Nancy retired to Sedona, Arizona, in 2004, Ken had never heard of “archaeoastronomy.” After all, he had spent 35...
They Ate What?
Sop, lick, sinkers and whistle berries. Those all sound tasty, don’t they? Pioneers often ate these and other delicacies along the trails heading...