According to George Durham’s Taming the Nueces Strip, John “King” Fisher wore tiger skin chaps. I’ve had a pair made for SASS parties (no cats were...
Why is Warren Earp hardly mentioned in the movies? Kunni Lee Via the Internet Warren was the youngest Earp brother and played a minor role in the...
Someone told me that a man would not use cologne in the 1890s. Is this true? Amber Allen Via the Internet Cologne dates back at least 5,000 years,...
You’d think it would be easy to find the southernmost point on the Snake River. Just look at a map and ... presto! You can put your finger on it....
Offspring of a Percheron stud and a Mexican hot-blood mare, the big black colt born on the Frank Foss ranch of Southeastern Wyoming may have lacked...
As a young man, Bill Gulick thought his future was on the baseball diamond. He was battling his way up through the semi-pro leagues, when at age 21,...
Just as travelers have done since 1901, you can arrive at one of the most beautiful places on earth via train, thanks to the Grand Canyon Railway....
Ginny Davis of Homedale, Idaho, describes herself as being “Country when Country wasn’t cool.” (Is that even possible?) When Ginny decorated her...
It could be the jewel tones of the lofty Sangre de Cristos or the perfect clarity of the crisp Rocky Mountain air that gives Susie Cotcher her...
It is late August, but the air is crisp as I board the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, Colorado. The firemen are already...
Forget all the clichés about singin’ cowboys—some are just too hard to label, especially when they turn out to be a mix of Southern charm and true...
At 4:20 a.m. on March 9, 1916, the United States was invaded for the first time since the British sacked Washington during the War of 1812. The...