Articles Archive

Putting the Western Back in the Country

by Ann Terry Hill | Jan 3, 2005

Joni Harms can toss a 100-pound hay bale with almost the same ease she cradles her guitar. Her new hit CD might just as well be called “Let’s Put...

“Saddle Up!”

by B. Byron Price | Jan 3, 2005

The American cowboy is not only a universal symbol of the American West, but he is also a symbol of the American spirit. His gear—hat, chaps, boots,...

The House that Cash Built Sells High

by Meghan Saar | Jan 3, 2005

Johnny Cash was the youngest person ever chosen for the Country Music Hall of Fame. He had at least two singles on the Country charts for 38...

Colt Revolver Cylinder Scenes

by Phil Spangenberger | Jan 3, 2005

Have you ever wondered what the roll-engraved cylinder scenes on the old percussion Colts depict? Some were added solely for the sake of decoration...

Dark Voyage of the Mittie Stephens

by Bill Garwood | Jan 3, 2005

Four wayfarers on the Mittie Stephens flee their past. Bobby Randow, plagued by temporary amnesia, runs from a midnight gunfight. Spunky Madame...

.45-Caliber Revenge

by Jennifer Oldridge | Jan 3, 2005

Peter Brandvold has spun together an entertaining tale about a young lad, Cuno Massey, and his metamorphosis into adulthood in the Wild West. Cuno...

Across the Kansas Prairie

by R.G. Robertson | Jan 3, 2005

Funded by the National Park Service, this video follows a modern-day wagon train across the Kansas portion of the Oregon Trail. Although the...

Plain Language

by Meghan Saar | Jan 3, 2005

Barbara Wright is a self-professed greenhorn, but you couldn’t tell from this Depression-era ranch story that encapsulates the hardships of the West...

Beauty for Ashes

by Bill Garwood | Jan 3, 2005

Far from his native Pennsylvania, teenage Sam Morgan grows up in a hurry amongst the rough-and-ready mountain men of the 1820s. Striving to succeed...