Although the 1873 Winchester is often called “the gun that won the West,” no one can deny that it was the 1892 Model that became “the gun that won...
The ’92 Reel West Winchester
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The Little Darlin’ Sound of Bobby Helms
The year 1957 was big for Bobby Helms, who was basically a three-hit wonder in what might be called the genre of “Popabilly.” As a backup singer for...
The Other Six-Gun
In sheer numbers alone, the Remington 1861 New Model Army revolver’s record of service is impressive. The U.S. Ordnance Department purchased 115,563...
“The Devil Always Gets the Best Lines”
There’s something comforting about being on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, up in Newhall, California. Passing through the gate and onto the lot, there’s...
Queen of the Soiled Doves
Just the sound of her name draws a mental picture: Mattie Silks. No plain, dowdy woman in a calico dress would ever wear such a name; no girl with...
Gunfight at the Stilwell Corral
January 14, 1881 Siner and part-time gambler Mike O’Rourke, 18, and his roommate Robert Petty, 23, are eating in Smith’s rest-aurant in Charleston,...
Shootin’ Shot
More than any six-gun or rifle, the shotgun could easily be called the “gun that won the West!” Despite the acclaim given to the six-guns and rifles...
Is Wyatt Earp Overrated?
Frank Stilwell got himself shot full of holes, literally perforated from head to toe, outside the railroad depot in downtown Tucson, Arizona, in...
It Happened in the West
A Tennessean by birth, James A. Crutchfield (Jim to his friends) says he became a Westerner by choice, and when he has the choice, his preferred...
Trailing Lewis and Clark
The Missouri River northwest of Bismarck, North Dakota, is not the same river explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark saw in 1805, even though...
More Buffalo than Gold
Where have all the buffalo gone? You see, I first visited the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota in the late 1980s—before legalized gambling...
Great High Mountain
Take a stroll through Bluegrass and Gospel memories with Ralph Stanley and friends. This reissue of early favorites with one new is a terrific...