All Sam Gwynne wanted to do was write a book about the American West, specifically about Quanah Parker and the Comanches. “I would have been happy...
Quanah Parker Rides Again
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Johnny D. Boggs
Following Arizona’s Road to Statehood
It’s hard to believe, but it was here, off Interstate 40 at milepost 325—in the middle of nowhere—that Arizona’s road to statehood really began. I...
PC Trumps PRCA
At first glance, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo looks like any other rodeo. Well, that wine tent seems out of place, as do the pig races on...
Learning Their Trade…In Stir
Arnold Darby is in a great mood the day I arrive in Huntsville, Texas, to talk about his custom bootmaking business...with good reason. After...
Following New Mexico’s Road to Statehood
Ah, New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment. Or, as many say, the Land of Entrapment. Or, while waiting for the plumber to show up, the Land of Mañana....
On the Trail of the Dalton Gang
Standing in front of the gallows at Fort Smith National Historic Site, I’m overcome by history. Just up those steps, the Dalton brothers became...
Buckin’ for Buck
Buck Taylor’s as elusive as Ike Clanton was during Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Ride. So after better than a year of hounding him for an interview, when I...
Face-Off on Facebook
Readers sounded off on their favorite museums on our Facebook page-—that’s right, we may be Old West maniacs, but we’re at least social-media-savvy...
Get Along, Little Buffalo!
“Just don’t do anything stupid.” That’s either the safety lesson or motivational speech driver Bert Winchester has just given three other...
Top 10 Western Museums of 2011
1. Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave (Golden, Colorado) He might be buried atop Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado, but William F. “Buffalo Bill”...
West of Mystery
This librarian up in Idaho is giving C.J. Box the evil eye. Murder is in this dame’s heart, and Box figures he’s about to take that big sleep. A...
Happy 225th Birthday, Davy Crockett!
“Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee....” Mountaintop? You won’t find a mountaintop here. For decades I’ve been singing that song, and now I find out...