More than 1,000 people stood in the snow outside the historic Sheridan Inn on January 28 to celebrate the town being named True West’s #1 True...
A Soirée at the Sheridan Inn
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The Tale of Two Russells
When an auction is called the C.M. Russell Auction, you pretty much know who the main attraction is going to be. But at this year’s event, another...
The Klondike Gold Rush Trail
Alaska and the Canadian Northwest remain dangerous country. People get eaten by bears. They die of exposure. Probably a few are trampled by hordes...
Phileas Fogg, Eat My Dust!
Female journalists were a novelty in the late 1800s. The noisy, smoky newsroom was hardly the place for a gentle sex whose “sphere” was the home and...
Pike Peaked!
December 27, 1894 Celebrating the holidays in Jacob “Jew Jake” Harris’ saloon in newly named Landusky, Montana, the town’s namesake, Powell “Pike”...
The Buscadero Bio
Sure, Commodore Perry Owens looked like a dude with his long hair, fancy duds and good looks. The man was definitely stylin’. But he made his bones...
Zane Grey
Rare are authors like Jack London and Papa Hemingway, whose lives turned out to be as interesting as their books. But Zane Grey is another one of...
The Legacy of Conquest
Limerick first wrote in this book, nearly 20 years ago, that she’d probably change her mind about some of the points she raised. And she has. Her...
Did Buffalo Bill Cody ever ride for the Pony Express?
Glenn Miller North English, Iowa For help with this question, I contacted Lynn Houze, assistant curator at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center...
My cowboy uncle from Arizona told me he used to clean his clothes after a cattle drive by putting them on an anthill. Was he telling me the truth?
My cowboy uncle from Arizona told me he used to clean his clothes after a cattle drive by putting them on an anthill. Was he telling me the truth?...
Can you tell me more about Western novelist Frank O’Rourke?
Can you tell me more about Western novelist Frank O’Rourke? Peter Hast Krefeld, Germany Frank O’Rourke (1916-1989) had a long and distinguished...
In the early 1950s, Smiley Burnette came to Burnham Drive-in Theater in Burnham, Pennsylvania, and children were photographed with him. My mother refused to buy my photo. Are there any negatives/photos in a collection?
In the early 1950s, Smiley Burnette came to Burnham Drive-in Theater in Burnham, Pennsylvania, and children were photographed with him. My mother...