Captain Neal was the calmest Ranger of ’em all. Outlaws never doubted that he’d kill if necessary—he just never let it get necessary.
“… Not a Single Notch!”
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North to the Gold Country
Follow the 1898 Klondike and Alaska miners’ overland route from Sacramento to Seattle.
Cowboy Cuisine
In the cow towns at the end of the trail, cowboys left the beans and biscuits in camp and dined like city slickers.
Kit Carson’s War And Peace
Doug Hocking’s latest Southwestern history Terror on the Santa Fe Trail, plus new histories on the Spanish and Mexican Southwest, the Lakota people and a Western tale of Old Arizona.
Alpine, Texas
Texas’s Big Bend town is a rich crossroads of Western heritage.
Western Roundup: May 2020
Birding Festivals, Heritage Festivals, Railroads, Rodeos, Stock Shows, Trade Shows and more!
Living, Loving and Dying in the West
Ask The Marshall
What History Has Taught Me: Red Shuttleworth
Poet, playwright, and writer.
Brothers in Blood: Jesse James and Billy the Kid
“One of the most brutal things in the world is your average 19-year-old American boy.” —T.J. Stiles, from Jesse James
Jesse James: The Birth of a Killer
Born into the Missouri-Kansas border war over slavery, teenaged Jesse James was destined to live a violent life.
Birth of an Outlaw Hero
Jesse James in Pop Culture 1875-1903
Special Classic Gunfights: Shoot-out at Stinking Springs
Billy the Kid’s Gang Vs Pat Garrett’s Posse.