A party is always going on at Larimer Square. Maybe that’s why somebody just handed me a shot of tequila. Oh, well, when in Denver.... When I first...
Top 10 Things to Do in Denver
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Johnny D. Boggs
Friends of the James Farm Bash
The family’s all here. I’m surrounded by historians and wannabe historians, fiction writers and wannabe fiction writers, journalists, blackpowder...
The Civil War Turns 150
The Civil War and the American West are forever connected. The Battle of Glorieta Pass occurred in March 1862, but folks re-enact it every May at El...
150 Places to Celebrate Kansas’s 150th Birthday
There’s no place like Kansas. We’re talking about the Central/ Sunflower/Wheat/Jayhawk State. This state has more nicknames than Bob Boze Bell (but...
Who Needs a Chiropractor?
On the third—or is it the fourth?—day driving cattle, the Burnt Well Guest Ranch herd crests a hill. Cellphone signals at last! Through the dust, I...
Following the Trail of Quanah Parker
This is surreal-and, no, I’m not stoned on peyote. I’m at a Cache, Oklahoma, trading post, a 1970s-era cinderblock building full of ... well, not...
That Other Rooster Cogburn
With the Coen brothers’ remake of 1968’s True Grit, everybody seems to be comparing Jeff Bridges’ Rooster Cogburn to John Wayne’s Academy...
On the Cheyenne Heritage Trail
Hmmm. Several years back, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department created the Cheyenne Heritage Trail, a 400-plus-mile route featuring 10...
The Truth to Chaco Canyon
Scholars and archaeologists may debate why the great Pueblo Indian society existed in Chaco Canyon, but everybody agrees on one thing: It’s in the...
Forget The Alamo
Everybody has been talking about Alamo movies this year, but they keep forgetting the best of the bunch. Actor Fess Parker’s death led every Baby...
Following John Wesley Hardin Across Texas
Everybody is soooooo nice in Bonham, Texas, I find it hard to believe that this is the place that gave birth to a psycho, bigoted, cold-blooded...
Following John Wesley Hardin Across Texas
Everybody is soooooo nice in Bonham, Texas, I find it hard to believe that this is the place that gave birth to a psycho, bigoted, cold-blooded...