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...
Tombstone’s Treasure: Silver Mines and Golden Saloons
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The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn
Joseph Marshall continues to touch and impress me with his insightful books on the history and traditions of the Lakota culture. This volume offers...
Stories Behind the Song
The English language may not have enough words of praise to adequately describe a man of Roy Rogers’ character. His movie, TV and musical...
The Tale of the Empty Chamber
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...
On the Trail of John Wayne
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....
Not a Leg to Stand On
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...
Preservation: Splish Splash Bath
From an old bathtub used for comical souvenir photos to naturally-heated springs, folks in Hot Springs, Arkansas, sure knew how to bathe. After the...
Weapons as Art
On the raw American frontier, vestiges of the settled, more civilized societies could be seen in the hands of good and bad men alike through their...
Honoring Mothers and Fathers
Determined women are responsible for two of America’s most revered holidays. From the East came the push for a national Mother’s Day, while from the...
The Many Faces of Billy the Kid
Some 126 years ago, a traveling photographer snapped a picture in the remote frontier community of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, that would become one of...
Collecting the West Roundup
Hidden among Picassos, Duchamps and Matisses collected by Earl Horter is a fire-hardened buffalo hide shield with an antelope hide strap sling. At...
A Case for Murder
It's been called the Haywood Trial, after one of the defendants. Others have named it the Steunenberg Case in reference to the victim. Media...