Articles Archive

Ranch Romances

by Mark Boardman | Nov 1, 2006

It started in 1924. He was the strong, silent type, with more than a hint of danger in the way he carried himself. His cowboy hat dipped at a rakish...

The Return of Crazy Horse

by Alden Big Man Jr. | Nov 1, 2006

Over the last several decades, great strides have been made to correct some of the historical inaccuracies created by early scholars of the American...

Fort Courage Isn’t Here

by Johnny D. Boggs | Nov 1, 2006

Bob Bluthardt is used to the question, “Where is the wall?” After all, visitors have seen those pine palisade walls in B-Westerns, and plenty of...

Romeo Romances Left to Pasture

by C. Clarke | Nov 1, 2006

The indiscriminate reading of novels and romances is to young females of the most dangerous tendency ... it agitates their fancy to delirium of...

Getting Down to Brass Tacks

by Phil Spangenberger | Nov 1, 2006

One of the earliest forms of firearms decoration was the use of metal tacks to embellish the gun stock. Such simple ornamentation can be found on...

Guthrie, Oklahoma

by TW Editors | Nov 1, 2006

To encourage our readers to visit this year’s winners of our Top 10 True Western Towns award announced in Jan/Feb, each issue will showcase the...

Liquor, Cards and Guns

by Robert G. McCubbin | Nov 1, 2006

Saloons, with their gambling tables and faro layouts, lined the streets of Old West frontier towns. The predominantly male population had few...

SERIESous about the West?

by TW Editors | Nov 1, 2006

If you ask an Average Joe who has any inkling about Western history to name a series in the genre, he’s most likely going to name the Time-Life Old...

All the World’s a Stage on the Overland Trail

by Johnny D. Boggs | Nov 1, 2006

Then the rattling of the coach, the clatter of our six horses’ hoofs, and the driver’s crisp commands, awoke to a louder and stronger emphasis; and...