Before he charged San Juan Hill with his Rough Riders or became the 26th president of the United States, a 22-year-old Theodore Roosevelt ordered...
Centennial Winchester Sells High
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That Cowboy Stench
Having worked in the emergency room as a young physician throughout the 1970s, I learned the difference between human “sweat” and “stench,” as these...
Preservation: Hold the Fort
HOLD THE FORT A modern renaissance continues at the Indian Wars-era Fort Reno in central Oklahoma—thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers. The 55...
History, Not For Sale
“BC&S Yard Sale” stated the subject line of an e-mail sent to me from Daniel Buck. I had been working with Dan on final touches for his and Anne...
A Priest, a Prostitute & Some Other Early Texans (Nonfiction)
Don Blevins often ferrets out the quirky elements in history, and he has just added another gem to his fine works on Texas history. The subjects...
Oklahoma Rough Rider (Nonfiction)
Never heard of Billy McGinty? Most of us haven’t, but this guy did everything. He was an Oklahoma cowboy, a Roosevelt Rough Rider, a performer with...
Paul Andrew Hutton
The best thing about being a Distinguished Professor is the freedom one enjoys from the demands of others and the unfailing inspiration provided by...
Retreat at the Homestead Ranch
The first night Duaine Hagen spent at the Homestead Ranch was not exactly pleasant. He, a friend and a cousin reached the high elevation Wyoming...
A Good Enough Mine
The silver mine was good enough in 1878 to birth Tombstone, Arizona. And it was good enough in 2007 when the mine opened for public tours, bringing...
Dashing Through the Snow
Just because winter is here doesn’t mean that you have to say good-bye to riding. In the right conditions and with the right gear, you can enjoy the...
Worst Turkeys of the West
Writing about Western history as a not-by-a-damn-sight Robert Utley, traveling across the West as a not-by-a-damn-sight Candy Moulton, absorbing...
Kemo Sabe Unmasked
The history of the Texas Rangers is the history of Western movies. When Broncho Billy Anderson told director Edwin S. Porter that he could ride like...