They’re larger than life, these men and women of the Old West who are part of America’s history and its legacy. They were bigger and braver,...
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Luck of the Draw
General Santa Anna ordered every single Texan prisoner executed—men, fighting for the Republic of Texas. A total of 214 of them had been captured in...
Country Crossover Colorado Style
Rail bending is a little known skill that was once used to derail trains, a nasty trick dating back to the Civil War. Men who succeeded in setting a...
Puttin’ the Hirt on Your Head
Tom Hirt is one of the most respected makers of cowboy hats today—with good reason. You won’t find any cookie-cutter-type headware at his...
Santos Furniture
Lester Santos, owner of Santos Furniture in Cody, Wyoming, doesn’t build furniture. Rather, he creates works of art that just happen to be tables,...
“I Will Laugh No More While Living”
In 1835, a small group of Cherokees traded the tribe’s land east of the Mississippi River for land in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)....
Did cowboys really make tenderfeet “dance” by firing their pistols at their feet as is often shown in old Westerns?
Did cowboys really make tenderfeet “dance” by firing their pistols at their feet as is often shown in old Westerns? Bill Ramsey Kansas City,...
Wind River Historical Center
When you think of Butch Cassidy, you probably don’t imagine him as a rancher in the Dubois badlands of the upper Wind River Valley. But during the...
“I Will Laugh No More While Living”
In 1835, a small group of Cherokees traded the tribe’s land east of the Mississippi River for land in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)....
Santos Furniture
Lester Santos, owner of Santos Furniture in Cody, Wyoming, doesn’t build furniture. Rather, he creates works of art that just happen to be tables,...
Puttin’ the Hirt on Your Head
Tom Hirt is one of the most respected makers of cowboy hats today—with good reason. You won’t find any cookie-cutter-type headware at his...
Country Crossover Colorado Style
Rail bending is a little known skill that was once used to derail trains, a nasty trick dating back to the Civil War. Men who succeeded in setting a...