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...
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In the Eye of the Beholder
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...
Boot Scootin’ Boogie
Cowboy boots are pure romance, even if they’re covered in barn muck or horse manure. Designed to be totally functional, boots are also the one type...
One for the Grave
Outlaw John Shaw gulped his last whiskey while surrounded by 15 cowboys as the sun rose over the cemetery in Canyon Diablo, Arizona Territory. One...
In a Land of Extremes
Ranch wife, camp cook, cowgirl and mom, Kip Calahan also sings sweeter than a cowboy riding night watch. A resident of Southern New Mexico, she’s an...
Donaldina Cameron
The girls she saved called her Lo Mo, Chinese for Beloved Mother; the men she thwarted called her Fahn Quai, the White Devil; and history calls her...
Bombs Over Texas
“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” Mark Twain once said. Obviously, Samuel Langhorne Clemens never met...
Rock Creek Killfest
July 12, 1861 David McCanles, his son William and two employees ride up to Rock Creek Station, Nebraska Territory. Leaving his two hired hands at...
Patton’s Peacemaker Blazes Again
At the dawn of the age of automatic pistols, young Lt. George S. Patton relied on reverse technology when he used his famed ivory-stocked, 1873...
Seasick on the Prairie
Author Mark Twain likened the stagecoach to “an imposing cradle on wheels,” referring to the consistent sway of the vehicle that made some...
One Continental Union
It’s Monday, May 10, 1869, 2:40 p.m., Eastern time. For the first time, the entire nation is riveted to one event. “We have got done praying, the...
Mojave Drums
Loretta Veach, founder and owner of Mojave Drums in Meadview, Arizona, says “rhythm is something that all people have inside them.” And she’s...