At the turn of the last century, when women could hardly achieve advanced degrees much less become professors, 10 prolific female scholars changed...
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...
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...
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...
This is a heavily-annotated Ph.D dissertation transformed into a readable history. The book is really the story of the Arizona-Sonora border....
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...
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...
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? Larry Belt Houston, Texas A “cheechako,” also spelled checaco...
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...
Was segregation (or other forms of discrimination) commonly practiced in Old West saloons? Larry Dye Fenton, Illinois Segregation was a reality in...
Could you tell me when sabres were withdrawn from U.S. Cavalry Units? Keith Bell Denton, Manchester, UK After the Civil War, the sabre became more...