By Art Burton When The Lone Ranger debuted on the radio in Detroit in 1933, racism was at a zenith in the United States. That the story could have...
Once And For All, Is The Lone Ranger Based on Bass Reeves?
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What History Has Taught Me: L. J. Martin
I thankfully grew up in Bakersfield, in the center of the Oklahoma and Texas of California, Kern County. One hundred miles physically from L.A., but...
Lincoln: Prepare Ye the Way for the Horde
The president paved the way for the great Westward Expansion. On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. A Case of...
Black and Blue
Some things just have to be said. In this time of renewed racial contention, it is somehow fitting—and timely—that one of the unsung heroes of the...
Wheels to Fortune
Over a century ago gold-crazed miners traded in their sleds for bikes and pedaled their way to their Alaskan bonanzas. In late February, as the days...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Saying "Be respectful, even to hateful people, because your mama raised you better." Quotes “We are here, and it is now. Further than...
Opening Shot – A Mammoth Moment
The U.S. Army tested bicycles for the first time in the West in 1896 with the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, one of the four Buffalo Soldier...
The Best of the West: Art and Collectibles
Last year, when I recapped 2019 and trends in Western collecting, I focused on the sales of many splendid, comprehensive holdings gathered by...
Sweetheart of Lonesome Dove
In an exclusive interview, Diane Lane talks about her latest Western, leading men, directors and hope for the next chance to ride on screen....
The Best of the West: Western Movies
The year 2020 was unsatisfying all around, and certainly for Westerns. From a purist point of view, if we strictly define Westerns as taking...
The Best of the West: Western Books
If 2020 taught us anything as readers of Western history and fiction, it was that we depend on our storytellers to help us endure hard times....