Marge Schott was the primary owner and CEO of the Cincinnati Reds for nearly 15 years, after purchasing controlling interest in the team in 1984....
Gold Rush Sale for Art Collectors
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Meghan Saar
Lonesome Dove Guest Ranch
Every time Sharron and Hal Butler visited their future ranch site in Kalispell, Montana, a solitary dove was always lingering around in the...
The Desert Southwest (Nonfiction)
Our Western prehistory is so full of mystery that any clues we can find are welcome. By looking to the pots left behind by prehistoric peoples in...
The Best Bad Things
“I have seen purer liquors, better segars [sic], finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirk and Bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here...
The Legacy of Conquest
Limerick first wrote in this book, nearly 20 years ago, that she’d probably change her mind about some of the points she raised. And she has. Her...
The Tale of Two Russells
When an auction is called the C.M. Russell Auction, you pretty much know who the main attraction is going to be. But at this year’s event, another...
Broken bit & Spur
In his work on more than 100 films, Bud Cardos has done it all: stuntman, actor, unit production manager, line producer and director. Even though...
Hidden Treasures of the American West
The chronicles of Oklahoma’s history are more complete because of these three women: Muriel Wright (editor of The Chronicles of Oklahoma), Angie...
Collecting the West Roundup 2005
Not every item offered for sale attracts prospective buyers. Sometimes, a notice of sale awakens the sleuth in people. Richard Johnston, a...
Prices Ride Tall in the Saddle
Saddles were so vital to 19th-century cowboy life that punchers often spent at least two months of pay on serviceable rigs, with more ornate saddles...
The Wagon Master
Only one man could be connected with such a tale, and he’s wagon master L.G. McDonald of Waleska, Georgia. The vehicle was the first L.G. restored...
Maze Creek Studio
At least that’s how Joseph Rosa critiqued Andy Thomas’ painting of the July 21, 1865, gunfight between Wild Bill Hickok and Dave Tutt. Rosa...