Thirsty travelers on the Oregon Trail had to have fallen down on their knees and thanked the Lord above when they reached the naturally carbonated...
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Stuart Rosebrook
Crook’s Western Destiny
As historians mark the conclusion of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and the beginning of the American Indian Wars that lasted from...
Rough Drafts 6/15
The Western Writers of America annual conference this month in Lubbock, Texas, will honor a writer I hold in great esteem, Win Blevins, with the...
The Legend of Sam and Major Dundee
Fifty years ago, director Sam Peckinpah’s controversial Major Dundee, starring Charlton Heston and Richard Harris was floundering at the box office....
When Johnny Came Marching Home Again
When the veterans came home from the battlefields and their postings far from home 150 years ago, the toll of the war was felt from the hamlets of...
Dancing at the Sheridan Inn
On May, 15, 2015, fifty years after the last guest stayed at the Historic Sheridan Inn of Sheridan, Wyoming, the famous hotel will reopen for guests...
The Real Bonanza: Water in the Desert
A century before the extreme drought issues in the West, Arizona was experiencing one of its wettest springs in 1915. Just a month past four years...
Play Ball! Indian Chief Trading Cards
While many collectors of baseball cards have heard of the holy grail of cards, the T206 Hones Wagner card, issued by American Tobacco Company...
Power’s War: New Film Investigates Arizona’s Deadliest Gunfight
Independent filmmaker Cameron Trejo and historian Heidi Osselaer recently debuted the documentary, Power’s War, at a series of screenings ,including...
New Mexico to Honor Author Max Evans
At the annual Historical Society of New Mexico Conference in Albuquerque on May 9, Max Evans will receive the 2015 Edgar Lee Hewett Award in honor...
The War’s not Over ’Til It’s Over
General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Northern Army of Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse on April 12. Three days later President Abraham Lincoln was...
Western Star James Coburn Posthumous Honors
Actor James Coburn, best known for his Western films The Magnificent Seven and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid was posthumously inducted into the...