Journalist, Historian, Novelist
What History Has Taught Me: Jana Bommersbach
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Articles
The Wild, Wild West
Now, more than ever, it’s time to rediscover your favorite Westerns and enjoy recent productions that keep the Old West alive in film and television.
Bowlegged Cowboys, Wagon Bosses and Apaches
Ask The Marshall
A Fistful of Ladies
Women may love Westerns, but only a handful have directed one.
True West Moments
Life on the Western frontier was not easy for anyone, but strong-willed women who settled the West were determined to not just survive, but to thrive.
We Won’t Back Down
Western women led the way for woman suffrage 50 years before 19th Amendment became the law of the land.
The Nude Duel that Will Not Die
Whores Bang Away | Notorious Narcissist Nicked in Neck | History is a Cruel Trick Played on the Dead by the Living
Battle Tested, Battle Scarred
The 1873 .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield was issued to troopers just before the Battle of Little Bighorn, and its success and failure that fateful June day in 1876 is still highly debated.
When Whiskey Ruled The West
From Lewis and Clark until Prohibition, the golden elixir was as good as gold.
Satin, Lace and Cherry Pie
The true story of how a small-town Texas girl became legendary madam, Big Bertha.
Cimarron’s Old Model 1894 Rifle
Known as America’s Deer Rifle, this 126-year-old lever-action is back again in its original 1890s configuration.
Locked and Loaded!
Pearl Hart and a posse of sharpshooting Western women shaped the West from the barroom to the courthouse.