Between 1841-66, nearly 500,000 pioneers went west. Forty thousand of them were children, and one in five women gave birth on the trail. Rarely,...

Between 1841-66, nearly 500,000 pioneers went west. Forty thousand of them were children, and one in five women gave birth on the trail. Rarely,...
According to Szasz, religious clergy were as common in the American West as cowboys and miners. He does a good job of proving it with literate...
Winner of a Spur Award from Western Writers of America, this first-ever biography of Ernest Haycox is by his son and namesake. Haycox was probably...
With their white-felt hats, suits and skinny ties, the members of Open Road are dressed to put Traditional Country back into Bluegrass—which they...
Firefighter Anthony Michael James strikes his own match to the flames reaffirming what Country music should be. The CD and title song “Old Friends”...
The “Good ’N Country” style of Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys entertained and inspired several generations since the 1950s. Jimmy’s climb...
Bobby Bridger is a modern epic poet or bard, once referred to as the “Shakespeare of the American West.” Bridger’s rich musical trilogy spans the...
Alecia was nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year in 2004 by the International Bluegrass Musicians Association, but that doesn’t mean she...
Before you dismiss Thomas Eidson as some Easterner who doesn’t know a whit about the Old West, think again. Sure, Eidson is executive vice president...
Rex Buchman says the mare I’m riding has been fed rocket fuel, but I don’t believe him. Besides, as our horses enter the Pecos River near Fort...
It’s official: Everybody wants a piece of Lewis & Clark. Except me. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate what William Clark and Meriwether Lewis...
Jerry Croft can be a stubborn cuss. Growing up in Michigan, he decided he was going to be a cowboy. There was just one problem. Everybody told him...