My maternal grandmother was born in 1880 and grew up in Wyoming. She told me that when she was a very young girl she saw the body of Wild Bill...
Writers of nonfiction spend countless hours researching, but few are as dedicated about it as historical novelist James Alexander Thom. Not only...
Before the Oregon Trail, before the cattle drives, before Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp, fur trappers—mountain men—opened the West. In their...
Summer along the lower Colorado River is hot. Come July or August, 123 degrees in the shade is common around Lake Mohave. And that Lake Mohave...
When Owen Wister published The Virginian in 1902, he created the quintessential fictional Western hero (more than 60 years before Clint Eastwood...
Paintings by Nelson Boren grab viewers by the scruff of the neck, demanding they complete the scenes to which the artist provides only a glimpse....
"Far away from my wife and child, and six hundred miles of constant danger in an uninhabited region was not a pleasant prospect for contemplation,”...
The Wild West is alive, well and thriving in Oklahoma City, where there’s plenty to whet any Western appetite. For starters, don’t miss the National...
Recently I heard a story that Geronimo was once held in the jail at Fort Lowell (Tucson, AZ). Any truth to that? Rob Worsley Tucson, Arizona I...
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...
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,...
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...