An “uninhabitable wasteland.” That’s what Army explorer R.B. Marcy called the wilds of west Texas. Most folks took the captain at his word and...
Preserving an “Uninhabitable Wasteland”
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Articles
Bad Guy Tracks Good
Whether reporting on actual artifacts or proverbial, W.C. Jameson’s research scoops a prospector’s pan of information about locating lost treasures....
A Light in the Wilderness
This is a true story. One day, in 1907, C.W. and Olin Light—brothers and owners of the F.M. Light & Sons clothing store in Steamboat Springs,...
Noonan’s Last Stand
The proud slayers of a huge grizzly are memorialized in one of the most famous photographs in all of Western history. By August 7, 1874, when the...
Following Wyatt Earp
Heavily armed men are lying in wait for me when I pull into the Holiday Inn Express—enough to make me nervous. I try to make it to my room...
A Trail of Two Cities
I’m sneaking across the Missouri River, as it may be safer traveling incognito. It seems I ticked off a resident or two the last time I mentioned...
Lost Riders of the Segregated Cinema
They were the trailblazers of their day—a visionary group of actors, writers, directors, producers and businessmen whose stage was the old Negro...
From Outlaw Hideouts to Cozy Cabins
Ned Christie’s cabin was under attack. More than two dozen lawmen surrounded the Indian Territory home in November 1892. They were trying to capture...
Wild West Conquers Europe
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked the question: How come you Brits are so interested in the American West? And I know for a...
Cowboy Toys & More
“Some toys make noise, some toys waste time, then there are the toys which provide engines for the imagination,” says Armando Roggio, owner of...
“Homos on the Range”
The most surprising thing about homosexuality in the Old West is not that it...
A Nation of Hunters
Before and after the coming of European settlers, hunting game was an important aspect of Indian life. Jamestown founder John Smith relates the...