Here is the story of the mapping of the “Medicine Line,” the segment of the U.S.-Canada border across the Great Plains (named so by the Indians...

Here is the story of the mapping of the “Medicine Line,” the segment of the U.S.-Canada border across the Great Plains (named so by the Indians...
What is the corazón (heart) of San Antonio as reflected in the April citywide festival called Fiesta? Like so much of Southwestern culture, the...
This is the first full history of the most famous battleground in the West, the Little Bighorn. After re-sketching the dramatic events of the...
“If I had every beer that has spilled on that dance floor, I could drink for a lifetime,” Country star Kevin Fowler says of the 1910 Coupland Dance...
Let the Water Flow In early March, a torrent of water rushed through the Grand Canyon. It was not an act of God; man was behind the Great Flood of...
I grew up in the country. We ranched, worked hard and did virtually everything ourselves. That kind of upbringing instills resourcefulness,...
Although director Arthur Penn made only three Westerns, his ranking is secure as one of the genre’s greatest interpreters. Actually, Penn’s first...
Living and working as an artist in one of the few places in Scottsdale, Arizona, that remains natural and largely undeveloped, Mark McDowell daily...
In the 17th century, New Mexico’s vaqueros imparted (under duress, most likely) their “secrets” of horsemanship to the Plains Indians. With these...
“When fact becomes legend, print the legend!” So goes the words of the great film director, John Ford, when asked about portraying truth in his...
The formation of the Dodge City Peace Commission took place 125 years ago this June, so I’m wondering, “Why all the hoopla?” Okay, so there isn’t a...
Charlie Russell showed off his newest painting at this year's C.M. Russell Art Auction. Impossible, you say? The esteemed cowboy artist did so...