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...
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Articles
Liquor, Cards and Guns
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?
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
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...
The first book on the Old West that I owned was Lea McCarty’s The Gunfighters; how accurate is it?
The first book on the Old West that I owned was Lea McCarty’s The Gunfighters; how accurate is it? John Redshaw, Maniac #776 St.Paul, Alberta,...
The Cup-Spinning Scene: How Did They Do It?
The cup-spinning scene in 1993’s Tombstone is still a favorite among Western movie aficionados. When Johnny Ringo shows up at the gaming tables, a...
Doc Holliday’s Racist Killing?
Scratch the reputation of a legendary killer of the Old West, and you’ll find a layer of myth. Scratch that layer, and you’ll likely find another...
Dying Doc, Withered Wyatt?
By 1887, Doc Holliday was in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, taking in the healing waters, trying to nurse his lungs that had been ravaged by...
Cody-Style Home on the Range
Ever since the landmark sale of Molesworth furniture at Christie’s New York in 1995, collectors have been on the lookout for original pieces that...
Arena Brands
Some of the biggest names in Western Wear, including companies that were once archrivals, are tied to Arena Brands of Garland, Texas. One would be...
Preservation: Riding for the Kids
Riding for the Kids HIT: The Future Farmers of America (FFA) clubs encourage high school students to choose careers that maintain America’s farmland...
The Most Dangerous Girl in Mexico
They called her the “Saint of Cabora” and “Queen of the Yaquis.” Some saw her as the Mexican Joan of Arc. A dictator thought her “the most dangerous...