Arguably the most historic town in Arizona sits in the central highlands, sheltered by forested mountains yet easily accessible to visitors seeking...
Mile-High Getaway
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Let ’er Buck
Pendleton, Oregon, got its start in 1862 when Moses Goodwin traded a span of mules for land and built a bridge over the Umatilla River. It became a...
Billy the Kid Grew Up Here
History knows Billy the Kid as a hothead with a hogleg. But he loves throwing us curveballs. As a boy running the streets of Silver City, New...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2016
Don’t lie awake worrying that our history has been forgotten. After compiling this list of great Western towns, we know it’s in good hands. Across...
Marshal Chet Byrnes Rides Again!
In Dusty Richards’ Ambush Valley (Pinnacle, $6.99), Deputy U.S. Marshal Chet Byrnes moves to Arizona Territory to escape a Texas feud. He wants to...
Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold Rush, 1848-1854
The California Gold Rush never stops inspiring stories, and now we have Malcolm J. Rohrbough’s Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold...
The Billy Buff War
Billy the Kid’s legend has hovered over the landscape of the American West for 125 years, a Hindenburg of hype and fantasy, always there to nourish...
The Weird Weird West
Under the category of weird but true, the Old West offered enough episodes to fill a sensation-mongering newspaper. Make that 100 newspapers. Some...
Is Wyatt Earp Overrated?
Frank Stilwell got himself shot full of holes, literally perforated from head to toe, outside the railroad depot in downtown Tucson, Arizona, in...
One for the Grave
Outlaw John Shaw gulped his last whiskey while surrounded by 15 cowboys as the sun rose over the cemetery in Canyon Diablo, Arizona Territory. One...
O Homo
In the summer of 1891, one of Tombstone’s most infamous characters showed up in town without a gun, without a name and without clothes. That’s...
O Homo
In the summer of 1891, one of Tombstone’s most infamous characters showed up in town without a gun, without a name and without clothes. That’s...