The Sweetwater River Valley in central Wyoming is the setting for this narrative history of a desolate region of the country that remains relatively...
Devil’s Gate
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New Mexico Past and Future
Don Diego de Vargas wrote in the late 1600s that New Mexico was “remote beyond compare,” and its cultural history had been as complex as its...
Is 1954’s Dawn at Socorro based on a true story?
Is 1954’s Dawn at Socorro based on a true story? Peter Birkin Kadina, South Australia, Australia Dawn at Socorro brings back memories. I first...
Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that scam?
Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that...
A family Bible belonging to the sister of Brushy Bill, who claimed to be Billy the Kid, listed his birth year as 1879. If this is true, then Brushy Bill couldn’t possibly be Billy the Kid, right?
A family Bible belonging to the sister of Brushy Bill, who claimed to be Billy the Kid, listed his birth year as 1879. If this is true, then Brushy...
How did the term “cowpoke” come about?
How did the term “cowpoke” come about? Mike Franklin Poteet, Texas The dictionary states that “cowboy” is from 1725 and originally meant just what...
Wickenburg, Arizona
An 1862 gold rush near Yuma, Arizona, spurred the interest of gold prospectors including an Austrian named Henry Wickenburg. His discovery of the...
The Hart Brand
Fourteen-year-old Caleb Hart is ready to live the American dream when he ventures west to ride the Hart Brand range for his uncompromising uncle,...
The Tobermory Manuscript
This mystery is centered around an actual 1870s land scheme in which an Englishman named Lord Dunraven and his cohorts fraudulently acquired...
What shirts were popular in the Old West?
What shirts were popular in the Old West? Katrina Allen Linden, Arizona Most shirts were pullovers and had buttons (or sometimes laces) only partway...
Valles Caldera: A Vision for New Mexico’s National Preserve
Beyond either side of Interstate I-25, which runs north and south through the center of New Mexico, many natural wonders await the curious. I know,...
Camino del Norte
Despite its Spanish title, this book is mostly about the I-35 corridor and the Texas cities along this north-south highway: San Antonio, Austin,...