The life and times of the legendary Western writer and the legacy of Lonesome Dove. “Sometimes Sonny felt like he was the only human creature in...
Remembering Larry McMurtry
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Little Bighorn Indian Memorial
A Vision Realized on the 145th Anniversary of the Battle The Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana was created...
The Great Chiefs
Their Courage Shaped a Nation "Resting here until day breaks and shadows fall and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the...
Winchester Dominates at the Rock Island Auction
The annual Western firearms auction was a success for all. Rock Island Auction Company's February event was a "personal best" for the auction house....
Searching For Wyatt Earp As A Boy
The Pella Historical Society starts at home. Certainly, Wyatt Earp didn’t play cowboys and Indians growing up in Pella, Iowa. We know because it...
Remember…Velasco?
The 1832 battle set the stage for the Texas Revolution. The names are spoken with reverence in Texas: The Alamo. Goliad. San Jacinto. The great...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Saying “Give someone a book and they’ll read for a day. Teach someone to write a book and they’ll spend a lifetime mired in paralyzing...
Horseman, Pass By, Again
The long and circuitous road from the Hayloft Bar to Larry McMurtry’ s typewriter and back again. Back in my Honkytonk Days (and Nights!), I played...
Standing Tall
In September 1877, Red Cloud and Spotted Tail led a delegation of 10 Oglala, 10 Brulé and three Arapaho leaders to Washington, D.C. They...
Open for Business
Across the West, historic hotels, guest ranches, lodges, restaurants and saloons eagerly await patrons. On a recent trip from Arizona to Washington,...
On the Santa Fe Trail: 1821-2021
The bicentennial of the National Historic Trail is a great reason to hit the road and rediscover why it is the West’s original “Mother Road.” When...
Following Phil Coe’s Trail to Death
Have fun trailing the Lone Star outlaw from Texas to Kansas. Charles E. Rankin, retired editor of the University of Oklahoma Press and astute...