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Western Roundup: July/August 2021
ART SHOWS Hold Your Horses Invitational Exhibition & Sale Prescott, AZ, August 7-September 26: Horse lovers, art enthusiasts, and Western art...
The Trails and Tales of the Old West Go on Forever
What event marked the end of the Old West? Daniel Proctor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) That’s hard to say precisely because the Old West covered...
What History Has Taught Me: Ronnie Dunn
Ronnie Dunn, Singer-Songwriter Ronnie Dunn was born in Coleman, Texas, in 1953. He began his country and western singing career in college in the...
Medora, North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt’s Western home is where legends were made—and still celebrated. It’s hard to imagine a Western town with a more unusual backstory...
L.Q. Jones, a Villain With a Grin
The highly respected Texas actor and director reflects on a 50-year career in Hollywood. L.Q. Jones, the sandy-haired giant with the high...
Riding the Rails into History
The well-known story of the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Irish and Chinese men who built it has been recounted many times,...
Magical Mezcal
The Mexican spirit is legendary on both sides of the border. The smoky mezcal (or mescal) spirit, a signature product of Mexico, found its...
True Grit
Eighteen-year-old Susan Magoffin traveled West with her lady’s maid on the Santa Fe Trail. Susan Shelby Magoffin was an unlikely traveler when she...
The Last Ride of Bonnie McCarroll
An on-the-scene account you’ve likely never heard until now. Perhaps the best known photo of a woman bronc riding is the 1915 image of Bonnie...
The Kid’s First Kill
By Bob Boze Bell (based on the research of Fred Nolan & Jerry Weddle) Henry Antrim vs. Windy Cahill “I...called him a pimp.” August 17,...
Bowery Boy to Billy the Kid
Scholars uncover answers and create more questions on the outlaw’s life and family from New York to New Mexico. This past year has been a watershed...