Perhaps the most cold-blooded conman early Arizona ever knew, Louis Eytinge suffered from tuberculosis and had two month…
Big Horn Getaway: Buffalo, Wyoming Escape to the historic Powder River Basin city and revel in its rich history.
Few towns are more thoroughly Western than Buffalo, Wyoming, and isn’t the name perfect? It conjures images of the great…
Idaho City: Queen of the Gold Camps Step back in history and visit one of Idaho’s best-preserved 1860s mining towns.
In 1862, the Boise Basin roared to life with a red-hot case of gold fever. Miners poured in and Idaho City and other tow…
River Master of the Colorado Review of Cecil Kuhne's River Master.
Cecil Kuhne tackles one of the West’s great stories in River Master: John Wesley’s Powell’s Legendary Exploration of the…
Mountain Men, Mules and Miners Trinidad, Colorado, celebrates its Old West heritage with gusto every day.
No one could confuse life in this peaceful Southern Colorado town of 8,000 on the Purgatoire River with the razzmatazz o…
Gem City of the Plains The Old West begins and ends in Laramie, Wyoming.
No one knows what happened to Jacques La Ramée, except that he disappeared on what would become the Laramie River in abo…
The Bayou City The Old West is celebrated throughout the year in Houston, Texas.
In August of 1836, brothers Augustus and John Allen created a new town they hoped would be the “great interior commercia…
Building Your Western Library With Leo W. Banks Author Leo W. Banks shares his favorite western books.
As a youngster, Leo W. Banks watched too many TV and movie Westerns. The summer before entering Boston College High Scho…
Cowboys and Conductors The Old West thrives in the historic trails and rails town of Williams, Arizona.
The northern Arizona town of Williams got off to a fast start after its founding in 1881. With the arrival of the Atlant…
Gambling, Gold and Women Deadwood, South Dakota, celebrates its legendary heritage on every corner.
Deadwood has always attracted big names. In 1874, even before the town’s creation, George Armstrong Custer and his comma…