Those who imagine the Western to be a fundamentally American art form like jazz or comic books would do well to take a closer look at our cousins...
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Dudes and Dudettes Inspire!
Leave it to the cold and snowy environs of Cody, Wyoming, to inspire us. Last January, Sue Lambert and I attended our first Dude Ranchers’...
Lonesome Dove Guest Ranch
Every time Sharron and Hal Butler visited their future ranch site in Kalispell, Montana, a solitary dove was always lingering around in the...
The Underdogs
Bridging the range from Pop to Country with many stops in between, Jen Foster’s voice is clear and powerful. The Texas native connects directly with...
Silver City, New Mexico
When silver was discovered above La Cienega de San Vicente (The Marsh of St. Vincent) in the 1870s, Silver City, New Mexico, was born. It soon...
From Homesteaders to Wolfers
For 50 years, almost nobody remembered Evelyn Cameron or what she'd done in the territorial days of early Montana. Her name wasn’t in history books...
The West’s Greatest Chiefs
They were the leaders of the Indians, whether they conducted war with their traditional enemies, resisted the European invasion, practiced spiritual...
Dude! Where’s My Ranch?
Teddy Roosevelt knew what he was talking about. To appreciate properly his fine, manly qualities, the wild rough-rider of the plains should be seen...
The Best Bad Things
“I have seen purer liquors, better segars [sic], finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirk and Bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here...
Buffalo Bill’s Columbus Adventure
In May 1883, the population of the small frontier town Columbus, Nebraska, swelled by 73 people when several passenger cars and six boxcars of...
Sanctuary Ranch (Fiction)
Jess McLain, a Country singer and pro-rodeo cowboy, owns a ranch in Wyoming where he takes in young people who need a fresh start. But Jess is also...
Nickel-Plated Dream (Fiction)
You could call him a ghost gunman of the Wild West shows for he was part of a vanishing breed. Back in the glory days of Guy Madison, Roy Rogers and...