Louis L’Amour was supposedly creating a Western town, Shalako, similar to those he wrote about. Did he get it done? James Denney Sedalia,...
Hidden among Picassos, Duchamps and Matisses collected by Earl Horter is a fire-hardened buffalo hide shield with an antelope hide strap sling. At...
Where can I find a list of all the Westerns produced in the 1940s-50s? Margaret Jordan Kyle, Texas My favorite comprehensive history is Brian...
What can you tell me about George Custer’s brother, Capt. Tom Custer? Channing Greene Dakota City, Iowa George Custer was the dominant personality...
An immense cold cache of $3 Million lies hidden in New Mexico Territory—meant to establish a New Confederacy at the right time; that time never...
The setting for this 1898 Romance is a ranch in Texas, yet we never learn about ranch life. Pretty Bonnie Kahler is a young widow who spends most of...
Everyone knows about the gunfight behind the O.K. Corral, but what was Tombstone really like? Hollywood got it wrong, and True West’s executive...
Joseph Marshall continues to touch and impress me with his insightful books on the history and traditions of the Lakota culture. This volume offers...
The English language may not have enough words of praise to adequately describe a man of Roy Rogers’ character. His movie, TV and musical...
January 10, 1880 Bob Hargrove’s saloon at Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is packed with cowboys, including James Chisum, brother of John, and three of...
I'm in Madison County, Iowa, not to view all those covered bridges, though they are charming, but to pay tribute to a great American. Unheralded....
Before the Wild West Show, heck before showman William F. Cody was even born, the Victorian taste for the grotesque was satisfied by circus sideshow...