Denver billionaire investor, philanthropist, wildcatter, telecommunications titan, and movie producer Philip F. Anschutz…
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…
September 2014 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. What do you think?…
Once Upon a Time in the West The West’s historic hotels where the Famous (and not so famous) slept
There isn’t one Old West, there are many, as different as the Spanish–flavored architecture of San Antonio is to the Vic…
An Open Wound University of Oklahoma Press, $24.89
In American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890 (University of Oklahoma Press, $24.89), Jerome A. Greene, former research histor…
Buying Boyer An auction on Planet Earp.
Editor’s Note: Glenn Boyer stirs up controversy once again with the April 17, 2014, auction of his Tombstone artif…
Love in the West (TwoDot, $16.95)
Chris Enss gives readers a fresh look at love in Love Lessons from the Old West: Wisdom from Wild Women during an era an…
Jack Swilling An Unfortunate Ending for the Founder of Phoenix
“Go west young man and grow with the country,” wrote one news reporter, and, at 17, Jack Swilling went west to do …
Was Wyatt Earp a Horse Thief? The latest Wyatt Earp tome claims the stalwart lawman may have been at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Wyatt Earp’s 1871 arrest for horse theft in the Indian Territory, which first came to light in Ed Bartholomew’s book, Wy…
This Far-Off Wild Land (University of Oklahoma Press, $39.95)
A Scottish emigrant, Andrew Dawson (1817-1871) worked at Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Company’s Upper Missouri trading posts …