Who is Edward “Ned” Kelly? Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones may come to mind, as he portrayed the 25-year-old bushranger (Australian for outlaw) in...
Iron Outlaws in Oz
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Trading Post Profiles
Buffalo Bill Cody founded the Irma Hotel in 1902, calling it “just the sweetest hotel that ever was.” Located in Cody, Wyoming, the town that the...
Before Manifest Destiny
Before Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp were even born, bolder men put their mark on the American West. Known as fur traders and mountain men, these...
Appaloosa Trading Company
Most folks don’t begin their life’s work at the age of 12. Michael Gibson, owner of Appaloosa Trading Company in Durango, Colorado, isn’t like most...
Bug-Eyed at the Buckhorn
Big game hunters and Western history buffs strike gold at San Antonio’s Buckhorn Saloon and Museum, a delightful curiosity straight out of Ripley’s...
Sarah Winnemucca
“I was a very small child when the first white people came into our country. They came like a lion, yes, like a roaring lion, and have continued so...
Keepin’ Them Dogies Rollin’ . . .
The good news is that the ramrod of this cattle drive is Roxanne Knight—not Tom Dunson. Even better news is that I don’t see Asa Watts anywhere. The...
Rough-hewn Character
Midnight. Euless, Texas. John McCord holds forth in Denny’s Restaurant with a tale about the day he and Jack Ballas did a book signing somewhere in...
Handcarts and Heartaches
"Brethren and sisters, what I have said, I know to be true.” Levi Savage was a lone voice that hot August morning in 1856 as he graphically warned...
I Shot the Sheriff (and I Killed a Deputy, Too)
April 1, 1878 After eating breakfast at the Wortley Hotel in Lincoln, New Mexico, Sheriff William Brady walks out on the main street to meet his...
Gettin’ Along on the Texas/Chisholm Trail
Jesse Chisholm was no cattleman, and the trail he blazed didn’t enter Texas but stretched from the Red River in present-day Oklahoma to Wichita,...
Hat Tricks
It’s high time we got to talking about hats, that most basic element in a cowboy’s wardrobe, or a cowgirl’s for that matter. Along with Coca-Cola...