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...
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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,”...
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...
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,...
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...
Wes Studi
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...
Arizona’s Cowboy and Indian Trail
If you had journeyed through Southern Arizona back in the 1880s, you wouldn’t have found the place nearly as hospitable as it is today. Restless...
Saddle Up, True Believers!
Denver traces its heritage back to the early 1830s, when fur trader Louis Vasquez opened a trading post named Fort Convenience near the confluence...
Black Humor
The real Baxter Black is as witty off stage as when performing. One phone conversation can prove it. But being a Western humorist isn’t only what he...
Have Bar Will Travel
If it could talk, what stories this old bar could tell. Wyatt Earp himself likely dispensed beer, wine and spirits from behind its mahogany facade...
Everybody Hates Me!
Terry “Ike” Clanton, 44, is proud of his outlaw relatives. He thinks they got a raw deal at the so-called O.K. Corral gunfight. And he thinks Ike is...
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
More than 500 handcrafted items—furniture, tablewear, leatherwork, jewelry, clothing and custom saddles—that embody the spirit of the American West...