The sleek-looking Colt Bisley revolver traces its beginnings to the closing decades of the 19th century, when the sport of target shooting was...
Bisley Bops the Bull’s-Eye
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Stark Visions of Frontier History
Last year marked the first time since Kevin Costner’s Dances With Wolves (1990) that a Western was at the center of a broad and often contentious...
Picked to “Carry A. Nation”
She so believed the Lord picked her to “Carry A. Nation” into Prohibition, this ax-wielding, saloon-destroyer changed the spelling of her first...
Fleshing Out Portraits
History is not always confined to books. Paintings and sculptures often depict historical figures or events with great accuracy. Depending on the...
Were there any outlaws or cowboys who were disabled?
Were there any outlaws or cowboys who were disabled? Stace Webb Via the Internet The disabled were far more common back in the Old West than today....
Tracking Randisi’s Volumes
With hundreds of books written, edited or scratched onto some kind of paper, that sort of evidence could mark Robert J. Randisi as a prolific...
B&W Trailer Hitches
The official hitch of the Professional Bull Riding, Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association and Championship Bull Riding is the brainchild of two Kansans, who...
Trailing Wilson Price Hunt’s Astorians West
Soon after forming the Pacific Fur Company, New Yorker Wilson Price Hunt developed a plan to begin fur trade exploitation in the Pacific Northwest....
Rider of the Purple Prose
The Western novel became a reality around the turn of the 20th century. But no one else stamped the Western bookshelf as much as the Ohio baseball...
More than Just O.K.
If only all my deliberations were like this one. I’m off to Oklahoma and trying to decide where I should stay. Yes, I’ve heard that joke: Why did...
The Gipper’s Boots and Saddles
Sportscaster Ronald Reagan signed onto a whole new game when the 24 year old joined the 14th Cavalry (stationed in Des Moines, Iowa), which coaxed...
Rekindling Campfires
“The cowboy has left the country; his campfire has gone out,” wrote Ben Arnold of Valentine, Nebraska, in 1878. By then, Arnold was no longer...