The reader trailing this trio of Westerners—a cavalry lieutenant, a part-time marshal and a tenderfoot preacher—will find vivid examples of the true...
Fire Light: The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist (Nonfiction)
I don’t know know which I admire more: the woman’s incredible artistic talent, or her amazing life story. Through the author’s research, it’s fair...
Their Own Frontier: Women Intellectuals Re-Visioning the American West (Nonfiction)
At the turn of the last century, when women could hardly achieve advanced degrees much less become professors, 10 prolific female scholars changed...
Towers of Gold (Nonfiction)
It is a stretch to call Isaias Hellman the creator of modern California, as the author (a descendant) does, but the Los Angeles banker did have much...
Frontier Teachers (Nonfiction)
Teachers were the female trailblazers of the West, yet they often are overlooked. Thanks to Chris Enss, who once again breaks new ground in the...
From Guns to Gavels (Nonfiction)
Our criminal justice system—and how it evolved on the frontier—is often overlooked in many histories of the West. In this volume, Bill Neal cleverly...
Fugitive Landscapes (Nonfiction)
This is a heavily-annotated Ph.D dissertation transformed into a readable history. The book is really the story of the Arizona-Sonora border....
Equitrekking: Travel Adventures on Horseback (Nonfiction)
A companion to her public television series Equitrekking, Darley Newman’s book takes you to more than a dozen of the world’s best riding...
Lander, Wyoming
Author George Eliot (actually a pseudonym for Mary Ann Evans) wrote that "No man can be wise on an empty stomach." I agree. Which is why, if I lived...
Rodeo Dough
One of the most popular citizens in Beverly Hills during the 1920s was Western star Tom Mix. Once known as “El Rodeo de las Aguas,” Gathering of the...
In McClintock, a settler is referred to as a “cheechako.” What does that term mean?
In McClintock, a settler is referred to as a “cheechako.” What does that term mean? Larry Belt Houston, Texas A “cheechako,” also spelled checaco...
What can you tell me about Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly?
What can you tell me about Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly? Jon Sims Surprise, Arizona Camillus S. “Buck” Fly was one of the great photojournalists...