We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the case of the purported tintype of Belle Starr, which sold for $7,000 during...
In the Eye of the Beholder
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Ruxton’s Trading Post
You’ve got to hand it to a business that gives its chief financial officer his own web page. But then the CFO of Ruxton’s Trading Post in Manitou...
Texas True
Some folks move to a new locale and do all they can to make their home look just like the one they left, but not Teresa Farish. When she and her...
Forging a Road to Zion
In 1847, Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized a pioneer party and struck out west from the...
One Handsome Gun
One of the most accurate arms used during the Mexican War of 1846-48 and the California gold rush was the U.S. Model 1841 Rifle, more commonly...
Pounds of “Character Gold Dust”
The little mining camp that could and did survive is none other than Deadwood, South Dakota, the best character found on HBO’s Deadwood series,...
Landowners Bet the Farm
It was a hot August night back in 1900 when 600 Phoenix residents—one of every five citizens in this dusty spot in the Arizona Territory—gathered in...
Long-Guns of the Gunfighters
For anyone who rode the gunpowder trail, a six-shooter wasn’t the only weapon in his arsenal. A gunfighter often had only one pull of the trigger to...
Phippen Art Museum
Artists will find a place of honor at historic Courthouse Square in downtown Prescott, Arizona. George Phippen’s namesake museum, the Phippen Art...
Down to the Last Moccasin
Although Gary Zaboly lives in the East, he asks us not to hold that against him, saying, “Frederic Remington was born in New York and died here,...
Are there real bodies buried in Tombstone, Arizona’s Boot Hill? I’ve heard the markers are fake.
Are there real bodies buried in Tombstone, Arizona’s Boot Hill? I’ve heard the markers are fake. Sam Boyd Via the Internet Tombstone obituaries are...
My favorite license plate is Wyoming’s. Can you tell me about its bucking horse logo?
My favorite license plate is Wyoming’s. Can you tell me about its bucking horse logo? Anne McCamy Springfield, Missouri Wyoming has been using the...