Jim Lauderdale is a critically acclaimed songwriter, yet his own music is not widely known by the public at large. Jim’s songs have been recorded by...
More than Just a Muse
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Pistolero Pasta
A bit of mystery surrounds the once popular genre of films, indelicately called Spaghetti Westerns during their heyday. For many years, a trilogy of...
Frontier Women at Arms
When Frank Butler loaded his guns at a fairground outside Cincinnati, Ohio, one spring day in 1881, the last thing in his thoughts was a legend...
Hollywood’s “5-in-1” Movie Blank
A “5-in-1” is a blank cartridge, originally designed in the early days of motion pictures, for use in a number of similar, but differently chambered...
More Bucks and Other Changes
Peanut shells litter the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo’s “green room.” A minister prays with a young cowboy, preparing him for his bull...
West Texas in the Daylight
All those years when I hung my hat in Dallas / Fort Worth, I told myself the best way to drive across West Texas was at night. I mean, what’s there...
Cheyenne Breakout
At 10 p.m. on September 7, 1878, Little Wolf, Dull Knife, Wild Hog and over 300 Northern Cheyenne warriors, women and children fled Darlington...
Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers
Over a quarter of a century ago, Timothy Hughes had had it with coin collecting. He wanted a collectible that hadn’t been exploited yet, and one...
Old West Signs
“Sign” language has communicated messages to the public for thousands of years. But for craftsmanship that will stand the test of time, Western...
So-called Cattle Kate Rises from Rubbish
Cattle Kate was the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming for cattle rustling, and history long portrayed the act as “good riddance to bad rubbish.”...
Genuine Cowboys Captured Alive
The cowboy is the most popular American folk hero, readily recognized all around the world. But many would be hard put to name any working cowboys...
Under normal conditions, how fast would a stagecoach move over flat country?
Under normal conditions, how fast would a stagecoach move over flat country? James Jackson Doyle, California A six-horse team pulling a Concord...