True West magazine’s “Frontier Fare” columnist and Western Writers of America President Sherry Monahan has recently published The Cowboy’s Cookbook:...
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Stuart Rosebrook
In Search of the Old West with an English Cowboy
English author Winston Ramsey loves the history of the Old West. His passion for the historic places, towns, trails, events and characters is now...
Trailblazing History
Historian and cartographer Pieter S. Burggraaf has just published a ground breaking history of early Arizona: The Walker Party—The Revised Story:...
A Madam’s Life Story
Colorado historian Tracy Beach has recently published the biography of one of Colorado’s most colorful and entrepreneurial Red Light District...
1916: Wilson’s Border War
A century ago, World War I was entering its second year of slaughter with massive casualties recorded on the Western and Eastern fronts of Europe,...
Burying the Hatchet
If you are on a tour of the historical sites and battlefields of the Great Sioux War of 1876 in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, all...
“End of the Trail” Centennial Celebration
Whether you are a first time visitor or a regular at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, you have stood in...
Red Cloud Remembered
The South Dakota Historical Society has just released John D. McDermott’s Red Cloud: Oglala Legend ($14.95). The Rapid City writer is a...
Red Cloud Remembered
The South Dakota Historical Society has just released John D. McDermott’s Red Cloud: Oglala Legend ($14.95). The Rapid City writer is a...
The Top 10 Western Museums of 2015
Museums across the West have a common theme this year: New. It takes years to plan, fund, develop and install museum exhibitions, and the fruit of...
The Top 10 Western Museums of 2015
Museums across the West have a common theme this year: New. It takes years to plan, fund, develop and install museum exhibitions, and the fruit of...
Rough Drafts 9/15
In June, I attended the Western Writers of America annual conference in Lubbock, Texas. The thriving city of the Southern Plains not only lives up...