An Indian with his thick, long braids wrapped in otter fur stands beside an oil portrait of a woman and a baby. Who was this man? What had happened...
A Mirror with a Memory
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Meghan Saar
Cherokee Nation’s Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Last March 6, a direct descendant of Sequoyah, the mayor of Tahlequah and the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation were among those who came...
Sons of the Pioneers Spice Up Music Auction
Leonard Franklin Slye likely never would have become the actor we know as Roy Rogers had he not first found fame in a cowboy band he formed with Tim...
How to Own a Dixon on a Low Budget
Given that Maynard Dixon commands as high a price at auction as $1.5 million, some of you might think a drawing by him would also be out of your...
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Living in a bucolic setting along Mitchell Creek, with lots of horses and wild turkeys, Greg and Marilee Rippy are in their mid-50s quite...
Bisbee, Arizona
In the historic district of Old Bisbee, S. Grant Sergot is handmaking a fur felt hat inside the Victorian-style Optimo Hatworks. Located at 47 Main...
Trigger Happy
“Roy Rogers and Dale Evans came riding (in a jet) out of the sunset to Tampa yesterday to oversee a weekend shooting contest at River Ranch Acres,...
Journey of Hope and Prosperity
Imagine a China without oil paintings, and you would be recalling the days before the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, when Mao...
Fort Worth, Texas
Local historian J.R. Edmonson does not hesitate when asked who everyone in Fort Worth knows. “Steve Murrin, a third-generation cowboy whose...
Little Miss Sure Shot’s Family Mementos
After earning $11,000 for charity, the “star of the occasion” was the ‘brisk and agile Annie Oakley, who cavorted around the ring, skipping and...
What’s It Like to Live There—Fort Smith, AR
If you were a local in the Fort Smith region when Bass Reeves was hired in 1875, you would have immensely respected the former slave and his fellow...
The Cheyenne Suitcase
Five months to the day after the Little Bighorn Battle commenced and ultimately resulted in the defeat of Custer and his 7th Cavalry, soldiers...