Ever wondered what kind of man would risk making a cattle drive from Texas to Montana and not even reach Virginia City until December? Turns out...
North to Montana
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Johnny D. Boggs
Riding with the Master
"The soldier, the cowboy and the rancher, the Indian, the horses and the cattle of the plains will live in his pictures and bronzes, I verily...
Top 6 Art Museums of the West 2016
Western art remains hot. Just look no further than the success of art shows such as the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Prix...
Following Elfego Baca
Who is New Mexico’s most famous lawman? Don Bullis says it depends on whom you ask. Put that question to an Anglo, and—no surprise—the common answer...
On the Old Gila Trail
Over the years—and we’re talking many years—it went by several names: Sonora Road, Kearny Trail, Gila Trail, Butterfield Stage Trail, Old Gila...
New Mexico’s Rio Grande
It starts in Colorado, and is most identified as the Texas-Mexico border, but the Rio Grande flows through New Mexico, too. Years ago, a friend of...
Wyatt Earp: The Missing Years
Ever so brave, courageous and bold (isn’t that redundant?), I’ve let myself be talked into tracking down Wyatt Earp’s missing years. Face it. Wyatt...
150 Years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail
What better adventure than to follow the trail blazed by Woodrow Call and Gus McRae—plus Dish, Deets, Newt and my personal favorite, Pea Eye Parker?...
Custer, Then & Now
Illinois-based Gerald Duff, a prolific writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, treads into dangerous territory in Playing Custer: A Novel. Not...
Following Red Cloud
Scout’s Rest Ranch, known today as Buffalo Bill State Historical Park in North Platte, Nebraska, might seem like an odd place to start a road trip...
Cowboy Artists Celebrate 50 Years
Fifty years after Joe Beeler, Charlie Dye, John Hampton and George Phippen met at the Oak Creek Tavern in Sedona, Arizona, and founded the Cowboy...
The Legendary Crook’s Trail
In March 1875, Brig. Gen. George Crook—on his way out of Arizona to take over as commander of the Department of the Platte—enjoyed a “farewell hop.”...