How athletic is the American buffalo? R. Wayne Bramble (Walhalla, North Dakota) Bison are amazing animals. Despite weighing as much as a ton, the...
Bison, Brushy Bill and Barroom Brawls
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Elderberries: Not Just for Your Health
Elderberries were popular on the frontier and were used in multiple ways. Both the snowy white flowers and deep dark berries were made into...
Western Roundup: November 2021
42nd Annual Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival Wickenburg, AZ, November 12-14 The Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival is sponsored by the...
Donaldina Cameron
Chinatown’s Angry Angel never backed down from a challenge. The girls she saved called her Lo Mo, Chinese for Beloved Mother; the men she thwarted...
Lay Lady Gay
January 24, 1876 | Bat Masterson vs. Melvin King Mollie Protects Her Man Three Different Versions of the Fight Fresh off the killing fields, some...
What History Has Taught Me: C. Courtney Joyner
C. Courtney Joyner, Screenwriter, Author, Film Historian Joyner is a writer with more than 25 movie screenplays to his credit including The...
Billy the Kid Still Dominates
Bonhams sets a record with the sale of Pat Garrett’s Colt used to kill the notorious outlaw. Outlaws and lawmen got away with the big money at...
Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum
The Pawhuska, Oklahoma, center celebrates and honors the local hero’s life and career. Ben Johnson was cowboy to his core, and he is the only man to...
Remembering Juanita Garrett
A new marker honors the first wife of an Old West legend. Juanita Martinez had an all-too-short life and the briefest of brushes with fame. She’s...
Poetry in Motion
Ben Johnson knew how to set a horse. In our universe there are numerous classic cowboy stars, and then there is one true cowboy who also became a...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Saying “An arrow can only be launched forward by pulling it backward.” Quotes “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” —Mark...
Land Ho!
On April 22, 1889, 50,000 land-hungry settlers rushed onto two million acres of Central Oklahoma’s Unassigned Lands. The land rush was the first of...