A deep distrust of law and order was felt throughout the West in the 1880s ... for good reason. Labor and Capital fought tooth and nail for their...
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Frontier Army’s First Pick
Many think of the Schofield as the first of the frontier army’s top-break revolvers. In reality, the model was nothing more than an improved version...
Goliad, Texas
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...
Clark on the Yellowstone
The plan had been set in 1805 when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark noted where the Yellowstone River joined the Missouri and later gazed upon the...
No Horsin’ Around on Billy’s Last Ride
There are times when I really hate Billy the Kid. Such as now, head aching, hearing my horse’s hooves thundering in the distance and looking up to...
En Plein Air
His painting style fit right into southern California’s plein air landscape tradition. En Plein Air is a French expression for “in the open air,”...
A Shoot-’em-up for Gamers
In November 2002, Sue Lambert (then our Circulation Manager and now our Director of Advertising) was fulfilling website orders when she came across...
Colorado’s Pioneer Cemeteries
A bustling sensation of the Westward Movement rumbled from the Plains to the very Rocky Mountains that held a man’s dream. The original gold strike...
Nothing Left but Dust
Put me somewhere west of East Street, where there’s nothing left but dust, And the boys are all abustling and everything’s gone bust; And where the...
I read somewhere that no legal agency ever put out wanted posters that stated, “Dead or Alive.” What’s the truth?
I read somewhere that no legal agency ever put out wanted posters that stated, “Dead or Alive.” What’s the truth? Dan Gebers Kalaheo, Hawaii Most...
From 9.11 to the Alamo
This retired New York City fireman became a hero himself when he stood at Ground Zero on 9.11 and helped victims of the terrorist attacks of the...
The First Ronstadt Superstar
She grew up in Tucson, Arizona, was the first Ronstadt superstar and is remembered for her album, My Father’s Songs. But this isn’t a story about...