Nathan Meeker raised a crop of distrust, anger and resentment among the Utes that led to disaster. In one of his first acts as agent, Meeker...
Following 19th-Century Ute Trails
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Saving America’s First True Horse
Don Juan kept his little band of mares in the pine forest at the edge of a pond. He was alert but unconcerned. Life was good for the stallion....
The English Horses
This 1800s New Mexico Territory range war tale includes barbed wire, rustlers, mustangers, rape, child abuse and unrequited love. The novel is...
Blood Trail to Kansas
Peeking under the batwings of the Four Bits Saloon, tomboy Joey Shea is sure she has found the right man to help her strapped father Ted Shea....
Atascocita Gold
Two happily unemployed cowpokes are unfairly arrested after a card game inside a Kansas saloon. Given the choice between jail or helping an old man...
Ford at Fox
The rumors are in the whispering stage, but it’s possible that by the time you read this, Fox Home Video will have officially announced that it will...
Supernatural Snipes
Gallow Walker, a supernatural Western by Intandem Films, stars Wesley Snipes as a gunfighter who carries a curse from his ex-nun mom. Apparently...
Cowboys & Aliens
What makes the graphic novel and comic series Cowboys & Aliens particularly good is the way it unites Apaches and cowboys to fight a supertech...
I’m reading a book that claims Old West pimps were called Pi’s. Is that pronounced like Pees or Pies?
I’m reading a book that claims Old West pimps were called Pi’s. Is that pronounced like Pees or Pies? Kriya Singh New York, New York I’ve never...
One victim of the Lincoln County War was Morris Bernstein. Who was he?
One victim of the Lincoln County War was Morris Bernstein. Who was he? James Freed Dennison, Ohio On August 5, 1878, Billy the Kid and a group of...
The Flintlock: Its Origin, Development, and Use
The flintlock reigned supreme for 200 years, making it the longest used form of firearms ignition in history. Originally published in Sweden in...
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
Duane King expertly recounts this tragic tale with historic maps, diaries, military accounts and oral traditions. What he does best, however, is...