I lived in Texas too long. The Lone Star State is all about Big, Biggest, Best. What’s the first thing that strikes me as I make my way toward...
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Johnny D. Boggs
Top 10 Western Museums of 2012
We salute those who think outside that glass display case. Remember back in those golden days when your folks would force you inside that same old...
The Great Northfield Raid Revisited
On September 7, 1876, the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, was robbed. Historians agree on that much. But ask them anything else—Who...
Tailor-Made Re-enactor
As I walk across the grounds of the John Brown Museum in Osawatomie, Kansas, during the annual Freedom Festival, I am surrounded by re-enactors. By...
Hard Country
Ex-cop Michael McGarrity is known for his police procedural mysteries featuring Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney (Tularosa, Dead or Alive)....
West’s Best Greasy Spoons
In a country that is quickly becoming McDonald’s-ized, it’s comforting—and fattening—to find institutions across the West serving grub the way it...
Up and Down in the Black Hills
There are two sides to every story, and the greatest thing about the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming is that you can hear and see both...
Walking Little Big Horn
As the SUV rounds the curve, I can see the Associated Press bulletin flashing into newsrooms across the world: “URGENT: Last Casualties of the...
Land-Hungry Pioneers
It’s hard to believe, but if it were not for Honest Abe, America would never have had: 1. Daniel Freeman 2. Little House on the Prairie 3. Marty...
Paramount’s Golden Boy
A.C. Lyles, 93 years young, vividly recalls the Western movies he grew up watching. But Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson or Fred Thomson didn’t bring him to...
Following Sibley’s Confederate Invasion
You’ve gotta love Texians and the Confederate government. They actually thought this was a good idea. In 1861, Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley...
JOHNNY D. BOGGS
Spur and Wrangler award-winning author of 40 books. His novel, Kill the Indian, will be out in June. The Best Western I Saw:Was undoubtedly...