In the second half of the 19th century, the white, middle-class concept of home was assumed to be a perfect model for civilization in the American...
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Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas
Probably because he also writes novels, Haley gives us the opposite of a stodgy textbook history of the Lone Star State. Best of all, he is candid....
San Juan Bonanza
Duane Smith is the finest mining historian and writer I personally know. With this new book, that is both a blessing and a curse. The book is...
Oftentimes, when older Westerns depict wagons or stagecoaches, only one set of wheel tracks are shown. Why is that?
Oftentimes, when older Westerns depict wagons or stagecoaches, only one set of wheel tracks are shown. Why is that? Troy Carlile Tulsa, Oklahoma It...
Island of Rotting Horses, 1868
You probably remember the story of Lt. John Dunbar. During the Civil War, he goes crazy—and somehow rallies Union troops to a victory. Army...
Lawdogs Go South Henry Newton Brown’s Gang vs Medicine Lodge Cowboys
April 30, 1884 A heavy spring thunder-shower sweeps across Main Street in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, as four riders splash up Kansas Avenue from the...
Cassidy Country’s Cool
It’s hard to get in a Butch Cassidy frame of mind in downtown Denver, but I’m trying. For one, I tell myself that the rooms in the Burnsley...
An Outlaw’s Poet
When he was 13 years old, poet Red Shuttleworth came to a realization about the Old West. While on a school field trip in 1958 to the Jewish...
John Wayne and the Peacemaker
On film, John Wayne often portrayed the Westerner of popular legend—tall in the saddle, silent, a man whose word was his bond, perhaps sometimes...
Rock Art Along the Way
In the words of the author, “This book is not a scientific explanation of rock art or its meaning.” With that clear, the reader can enjoy this grand...
Albuquerque in Our Time
“Our Time” means the years since WWII. After a brief survey of Albuquerque’s earlier history, Debra Hughes turns the book over to 30 prominent...
Albuquerque Remembered
Writer Erna Fergusson observed in 1947 that Albuquerque, “sitting at the crossroads of the centuries,” had seen every phase of Southwestern life....