Patrick McGilligan has updated his 2002 biography Clint: The Life and Legend (OR Books, $25) with new chapters on the Academy Award winning Western...
New Adventures on the Old Oregon Trail
Many people dream of leaving the hustle and bustle of everyday life, moving off the grid and traveling in a style and pace not seen along American...
An Award Winning Western Musical is Left on the Cutting–Room Floor
Sixty years ago the award-winning Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway musical Oklahoma! was being finalized by Magna Theatre Corporation for theatrical...
Traveling Western Art Exhibit
When I travel I always make time in my schedule to visit local museums. Recently, I was in San Diego with my family and we enjoyed a visit to Balboa...
Historic Ranch House Open Twice a Year at Trinity Site
Seventy years ago, the McDonald-Schmidt Ranch House at the White Sands Missile Range (adjacent to the White Sands National Monument) in Socorro...
Phoenix Novelist Mines Muses of Art and Writing with Lost Dutchman Novel
Writers sometimes discover their muse on their own, but sometimes their muse finds them. Arizona artist-writer Pat Parish would probably tell you...
Historic Markers and Back Roads in Land of Enchantment
I love driving the back roads of America and a good guidebook always makes the trip better when you get off the Interstate down a good blue highway...
Mysterious Desert View Tower Still Inspires Roadside Visitors
I’ve traveled Interstate 8 between Phoenix and San Diego dozens of times and every time I reach the crest of the mountains just west of Ocotillo,...
Trails to the Truth
Historians and aficionados of the American West must have been surprised when they first heard that FOX News’s Bill O’Reilly was going to follow up...
The Old West is Alive in San Diego
After a few days at the beach, travelers to San Diego should set aside a day to tour the city in search of its Old West heritage. The first stop for...
Lubbock Pride: The National Ranching Heritage Center
In the heart of Lubbock, Texas, is the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University. Founded by the Ranchers Heritage Association in...
The Old West Alive in Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A.
Looking for a great summer destination out West? Prescott, Arizona’s original territorial capital should be on your bucket list. Visitors should...