Tourists that spend their money to see rocks and falls are fools,” a shepherd told John Muir in 1869 during Muir’s fabled First Summer in the...
Tramping Through Our National Parks With John Muir
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Articles
Witness to History
The “massacre” at Wounded Knee is still contentious today. Some historians consider it a battle in which a peaceful surrender of weapons went...
Fred King
The most expensive boots ever were a pair we made out of American Alligator, sporting gold leaf inlays with diamonds and rubies and going for $45K....
Oh, the Horror!
Director Neil Marshall (The Descent) has been talking about filming a Western, Sacrilege, which he describes as “Unforgiven, by way of H.P....
Billy the Brit
Liverpool native Frederick W. Nolan is not only one of the world’s foremost scholars on the American West—in fact he cofounded the English...
Many a River
It happened again and again, families torn asunder by the sudden onrush of horseback red raiders. One such was the Barfields of Arkansas who made...
Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bank
The American West has its myths, but it is also steeped with genuine characters and events which we can identify with, even more than 200 years...
Give Me Eighty Men: Women and the Myth of the Fetterman Fight (Nonfiction)
While legend and lore surround the Fetterman Fight, Smith attempts to unravel the myth. She tracks down the threads of the folklore, perpetuated by...
Forgotten Lives: African Americans in South Dakota (Nonfiction)
The overall content of this impressive book reaches far beyond the expectations of its title. Black history in general is given a fresh insight with...
Boots ‘n’ Beans (Nonfiction)
From his standard “Chuck Wagon Beans” to “Mad Jack’s Gunpowder Beans Resapee” to “Boston Bombers,” hilarious cowboy cartoonist Boots Reynolds offers...
Roger Clyne
Our heroes and villains roam the borderlands, and tequila and gunpowder figure prominently in our lyrical tales. When we employ horns, they’re...
Here Comes the Cavalry
Boots and saddle troopers, did you know that several firearms companies are producing replicas of the 1873 cavalry Peacemaker? Military Colt copies...