Hawaii’s Paniolo Preservation Society keeps the Old West alive in the 50th state. Here’s a Cliffs Notes history of the cowboy: The first were...
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Jana Bommersbach
So-Called Cattle Kate Rises from Rubbish
Evidence points toward Ella Watson’s innocence. Cattle Kate was the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming for cattle rustling, and history long...
In This Museum, the Paintings Do Talk
The George Phippen Museum continues to inspire Western artists. The painting is so expressive, you can almost hear the words of the poem that...
Slinging Lead, Hot Type and the Truth
History tried to erase the courageous Arizona journalist, but her remarkable life and work as a publisher is a testament to her courage and her...
Thank You, President Lincoln
Here’s how we got home, home on the range. Free Land!” In 30 states. Offering 270 million acres—one tenth of the entire United States. Over two...
If it Moves, If it Spins, You’ll Find it Here
This truly was the “engine” for Albuquerque. The first thing Rabbi Isador Freed did in 1920, as he de-parted the train in a dusty New Mexico town,...
A Flood of Fakes
The silverwork is perfect, the turquoise is spectacular, so is the price tag, but after all, this was made by a Native American and will be a...
True West Comes Clean
A look at our mistakes throughout the years. We were snookered. Duped. Fooled. Em-barrassed. Sideswiped by a “discovery” that turns out to be fake....
Big, Bigger, Biggest
It doesn’t get much sweeter than this in rural Nevada. They probably pulled $10 million in copper out of the mines around McGill, Nevada, in its...
Native History Celebrated Large
Only months old, the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to truth-telling. It was once called Indian Territory, a dumping ground as...
Best of the West 2022: Western Preservation
Bringing History Alive Awards are already piling up. I get to write about winners. Risk-takers. Visionaries. Bullheaded folks who have...
The Duke Stars on a New Stage
His personal belongings tell a lot about the big man. The wooden crate is 8-by-8-by-8 feet. Inside the oversized box are bag after bag of unopened...