What more profitable and baffling way to rob than by magic? Dashing Johnny Vermillion, head of the Prairie Rose Theatrical Company, proves his four...
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion (Fiction)
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Is there any truth to the story about cowboys who dug up a corpse and poured whiskey down his throat?
Is there any truth to the story about cowboys who dug up a corpse and poured whiskey down his throat? Marina BenderMesa, Arizona The bizarre event...
Who was Arizona’s first famous show biz personality?
Who was Arizona’s first famous show biz personality? Kathy CollinsPhoenix, Arizona That would be Charlie Meadows of Payson. Charlie won most of the...
The Billy Buff War
Billy the Kid’s legend has hovered over the landscape of the American West for 125 years, a Hindenburg of hype and fantasy, always there to nourish...
The Desert Southwest (Nonfiction)
Our Western prehistory is so full of mystery that any clues we can find are welcome. By looking to the pots left behind by prehistoric peoples in...
The Doctor Wore Petticoats (Nonfiction)
The Western frontier, dominated by the male gender, did not take kindly to female physicians. Yet, most female doctors succeeded despite the overall...
The Oatman Massacre (Nonfiction)
On a trek to find the “Land of Bashan” as prophesied in the Book of Mormon, Roys Oatman led his family of nine into the brutal Sonora Desert. On the...
God’s Country, Uncle Sam’s Land: Faith and Conflict in the American West (Nonfiction)
The West is the home of individualism, liberty and religious freedom. Well, not always. Three tragic exceptions to this mythology are examined at...
Passin’ Through Louis L’Amour Land
He sat motionless, starin’ ahead, aware of everythin’ around him. In this country, patience meant survival. Too often, the first to move became the...
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...
Sports in the Wild West
If you mention the word “sports” in the same breath with the “Old West,” most people will give you a blank stare. Yet sports were as much a part of...
Broken bit & Spur
In his work on more than 100 films, Bud Cardos has done it all: stuntman, actor, unit production manager, line producer and director. Even though...