Shouting the name of Diane Zamost’s Santa Fe vintage and vintagelike Western wear company makes most folks want to climb on a horse and head out on...
Larian Motel
Gordon Anderson doesn’t believe it, but some of his friends and guests and even a former maid think his Larian Motel is haunted. Gordon says he’s...
Painting Below the Belt
Paintings by Nelson Boren grab viewers by the scruff of the neck, demanding they complete the scenes to which the artist provides only a glimpse....
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
More than 500 handcrafted items—furniture, tablewear, leatherwork, jewelry, clothing and custom saddles—that embody the spirit of the American West...
Sacagawea’s Improbable Reunion
Lewis and Clark didn’t name a single landmark to commemorate their teenage interpreter, Sacagawea. They did honor her with “Bird Woman River,”...
A Writer Who Speaks for the Dead
You have to relish a writer who describes Benjamin Franklin as an 18th-century Groucho Marx. Lucia St. Clair Robson is not only one of America’s...
The Myth of the Buffalo Stand
Lying atop a grassy knoll 400 yards downwind from a grazing herd, a bearded, unkempt hunter rests the barrel of his .50–caliber Sharps on a metal...
Orlando “Rube” Robbins
Ask most Americans to name a few intrepid lawmen from the nineteenth century, and they are almost certain to list Wild Bill Hickok, Bat Masterson...