A popular misconception among some Old West re-enactors and wardrobe experts is that everyone wore their gun-belts high on their waists and that the...
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Trains, Mules and Horses
Chester A. Arthur is the only U.S. president to make an extensive overland march, mostly on horseback, and the first to visit Yellowstone National...
Why Does Everyone Love Louis…
So here I sit, hawking my novels at a book signing, and this old gentleman's stopping by to tell me this story. I know immediately he's not...
Clean Shots
The most successful gunfighters in the Old West were firm believers in maintaining their firearms. As the story goes, handsome, homicidal John...
Major Dundee
Sam Peckinpah’s devoted fans have never been able to decide whether Major Dundee was a masterpiece mutilated by an unsympathetic studio or the noble...
Redemption Falls (Fiction)
Joseph O’Connor is ambitious in both scope and style with his winding odyssey of a narrative, but the author’s far-flung goals are so...
Gall: Lakota War Chief (Nonfiction)
Here is an excellent biography to shelve alongside Robert Utley’s volume, The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull, and Kingsley...
Hidden Treasure in Engineer Mountain
With several peaks reaching 14,000 feet and sheer canyons and steep switchbacks, riding in the San Juan National Forest can be challenging. Riders...
Garrett’s Death Site Saved
Between Las Cruces and the San Augustin Pass, off U.S. Route 70, a historical marker commemorates the site of Pat Garrett’s death. The actual spot...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2008
Given to towns that have made an important contribution to preserving their pasts. We hope this award will not only encourage federal, state and...
Sitting Bull Remembers
AGES 6-10: Musing about the triumphs and tragedies of life gone by is a natural part of aging. In this beautifully realized book, author Ann Turner...
Blood of Bass Tillman (Fiction)
Bass Tillman, a former gunfighter who talks to himself and rides mules, has found respectability in a small Colorado town. His serenity is shattered...