This excellent book (with Part II to follow) continues Clark’s “Kingdom in the West” series. The volumes will surely become the definitive history...
At Sword’s Point
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Stutterin’ Across Jimmy Stewart Country
Crawling along the freeway in Los Angeles, I’m moving about as fast as Jimmy Stewart talked. James Maitland Stewart would have celebrated his 100th...
The Next Classic Buddy Film
Steel-eyed, sober, often grim and frequently dangerous, Ed Harris has carved a niche for himself portraying characters who can be flawed or...
What’s in the Bag?
Colorado Territory, February 1874. Fictional frontier doctor Elijah Baines sat quietly at the bedside of his 64-year-old female patient Sarah, who...
Top Artist on the Taos Society Totem
“Every now and then I see whirlwinds. Looking out now, I see one but as it approaches it is a band of Indians out on the ceremonial rabbit hunt....
Birth of a Breed
The day before the fall of the Alamo, in which Santa Anna and his soldiers crushed the rebellion in Texas, Samuel Colt formed the Patent Arms Mfg....
Following Jack Slade’s Stagecoach Trail
“A high and efficient servant of the Overland, an outlaw among outlaws and yet their relentless scourge, Slade was at once the most bloody, the most...
Brothers of Blood
July 10, 1881 The west Wisconsin town of Durand today is hot—the mercury hits triple digits. For the two Coleman brothers, it’s about to get a lot...
Wyatt & Witches & Pixies, Oh My!
Wyatt Earp was a fairy. Don’t aim your pistols at me. I’m not outing anybody. Neither is Emma Bull. Okay, Wyatt’s not really a fairy. A fairy, in...
America’s Favorite Bone Detective
Alferd Packer has been called “America’s Favorite Cannibal.” Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder memorialized him by naming their...
The Perfect Pair
Horses are different all over the world. In my travels, I’ve been excited about venturing off into the sunset on my new equine friend, until I...
Surviving Geronimo’s Raiders
Long a sanctuary for people and animals seeking to escape scrutiny, the VO Slash Ranch near Nogales in southeastern Arizona is home to a...