Denver billionaire investor, philanthropist, wildcatter, telecommunications titan, and movie producer Philip F. Anschutz has written an outstanding...
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Pancho in Pictures
Born a peasant, head of his family at an early age and an outlaw by 16, Doroteo Arango—a.k.a. Pancho Villa—rose from the lowest rungs of the social...
September 2014 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ART SHOWS Quest For The West Art Show And SaleIndianapolis, IN, September 5-7:...
Once Upon a Time in the West
There isn’t one Old West, there are many, as different as the Spanish–flavored architecture of San Antonio is to the Victorian facades of Deadwood...
An Open Wound
In American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890 (University of Oklahoma Press, $24.89), Jerome A. Greene, former research historian for the National Park...
Love in the West
Chris Enss gives readers a fresh look at love in Love Lessons from the Old West: Wisdom from Wild Women during an era and in a region where strength...
Jack Swilling
"Go west young man and grow with the country,” wrote one news reporter, and, at 17, Jack Swilling went west to do just that. Born John William...
Was Wyatt Earp a Horse Thief?
Wyatt Earp’s 1871 arrest for horse theft in the Indian Territory, which first came to light in Ed Bartholomew’s book, Wyatt Earp, 1848 to 1880: The...
This Far-Off Wild Land
A Scottish emigrant, Andrew Dawson (1817-1871) worked at Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Company’s Upper Missouri trading posts from 1847 until 1864. After...
10 for 10: Santa Barbara, CA
1. Santa Barbara was founded at Presidio de Santa Bárbara in 1782 when the Spanish established the last of four fortresses in Alta California to...
Traveling Through History
We handpicked six history-loving, trailblazing road aficionados for your sightseeing edification....
April 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. SANTA CLARITA COWBOY FESTIVALSanta Clarita, CA, April 19-22: Melody Ranch &...