In 1941, Cleaveland wrote her memoir No Life for a Lady about growing up on a New Mexico cattle ranch where she was born in 1874. Through the...
Open Range: The Life of Agnes Morley Cleaveland
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Linda Wommack
Cowboy’s Lament: A Life on the Open Range
While nearly everyone knows the song ''The Streets of Laredo,'' not everyone knows it was actually a reworked old Irish tune called “The Cowboy’s...
Will Rogers: A Political Life
The author’s easy prose takes his readers along the journey of Will Rogers’ life. Not just a humorist, movie star or newspaper columnist, Rogers was...
Black Cowboys of the Old West
Westward Migration and Manifest Destiny brought hundreds of thousands of folks out West, not the least of which was the cowboy. Roughly one in four...
Outlaw Tales of Nebraska
Among the 12 outlaws featured in Outlaw Tales of Nebraska is James “Doc” Middleton Riley, a horse thief who actually gained admiration! From the...
Forts, Fights, and Frontier Sites
Bringing history forward is what Candy Moulton has done with Forts, Fights, and Frontier Sites. Detailed maps and clever symbols indicate if the...
In Trace of TR: A Montana Hunter’s Journey
Another man who sacrificed for his country was Theodore Roosevelt. The admiration for Roosevelt, Montana hunting and all things outdoors is evident...
Peg Leg
Thomas William Ward was a remarkable figure in the Texas Revolution. Losing his right leg to cannon fire, he steadfastly remained in the military...
Colorado Mining History
Duane A. Smith, Colorado’s foremost historian, particularly in the mining history of the state, produces two great gems. In San Juan Legacy: Life in...
Old West Locales
Nevada: Through the engaging narrative Lost in Austin: A Nevada Memoir (University of Nevada Press, $21.95), the reader is transported to Nevada’s...
Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains
In this book, the Rocky Mountains somehow includes Arizona. Jan MacKell’s observations of the Earp women and the “control of prostitution” for the...
Making the Grade
These women, many teenagers themselves, often faced unruly children. You have to admire the pluck of these frontier women. Working with wit, quick...