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...
Long-Guns of the Gunfighters
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...