A century or so ago, railroad boosters and marketers discovered Arizona’s signature cactus, the saguaro, as the perfect symbol of the Southwest. The...
Legends & Lies, Icons, Billy the Kid and Saguaros
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Stuart Rosebrook
Memorial Day in the City of Angels
Salient rows of marble grace the 114 acres of the Los Angeles National Cemetery in the Westwood neighborhood of the sprawling metro area of Southern...
Cold Beer? Whiskey? How about a Hooper Spring Soda Water!
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...
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...