Santa Fe and Hollywood are a long way from Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, but Cherokee actor Wes Studi has found a home in all three worlds. Many critics...
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Articles
The Long Arm of the Law
Enforcing the law in the early West was a vocation for stout, fearless men. And yet there were at least three who extended the long arm of the law...
Ingalls Onslaught Turns Bloody!
“They came out of the gully on the jump.” September 1, 1893 Three covered wagons full of federal marshals approach the outlaw village of Ingalls,...
12 Things most people don’t know…
About Lewis and Clark Lewis was born 8 months after the Boston Tea Party. Meriwether Lewis’ unusual first name was his mother’s maiden name. At the...
Sacagawea’s Improbable Reunion
Lewis and Clark didn’t name a single landmark to commemorate their teenage interpreter, Sacagawea. They did honor her with “Bird Woman River,”...
America Looks West
They were so bold, so brave and so bodacious that their journey would not only be America’s first great expedition, but also its most important one...
The Church of the Far-off Places
I’ve always felt that God must have a special place in his heart for cowboys. How else can you explain why he gave us such a wonderful chance at...
Steppin’ Out
Western Wear—not just a wardrobe, but an attitude; not just clothing, but a lifestyle. Kicking back in jeans and boots isn’t merely a preference,...
America Looks West
They were so bold, so brave and so bodacious that their journey would not only be America’s first great expedition, but also its most important one...
The Quiet Montanan
Anyone who can write about mining towns and mountain men with the same passion he puts into tales of the California gold rush or early Oregon must...
I’m trying to get into rope braiding with horsehair and leather but can’t find anyone in my area to help me get started. Can you help me?
I’m trying to get into rope braiding with horsehair and leather but can’t find anyone in my area to help me get started. Can you help me? Marv Olson...
What can you tell me about the Western author and poet S. Omar Barker? He and my father were cowboys together in Arizona and New Mexico back in the 1930s.
What can you tell me about the Western author and poet S. Omar Barker? He and my father were cowboys together in Arizona and New Mexico back in the...