A roundup of events where you can experience the old west! ART SHOWS Windows to the West Estes Park, CO, June 2-4: Showc…
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A Woman’s Work is Never Done The famed cowboy artist’s equal treatment of men and women keeps his art in the top spot.
The Plains Indian women’s role in the buffalo hunt was no small thing. “Theirs was harder work than buffalo hunting,” ex…
Mapping Our Way Covering New Mexico’s history, from Spanish Colonial to the Mexican Republic to the territory years.
The smallest is just four inches by five-and-a-half inches, showing the Copernican Universe. The largest is 13 feet by 1…
True Westerner: Lee Anderson, Equine Historian
A retired aerospace engineer living in Waddell, Arizona, Lee Anderson has spent more than 60 years studying equine train…
Western Events for May 2017 Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West!
ADVENTURE Narrow Gauge Day Durango, CO, May 5: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad celebrates continuous opera…
Spare the Rod! Here’s the safe way to charge your muzzle-loader without breaking that ramrod.
Here are some muzzle-loading tips aimed at beginning muzzle-loading shooters, however veteran black powder gunners might…
A Collection of Criminals An official Wells Fargo highwaymen album, Civil War memorabilia and militaria were among the collectibles once owned by an astute historian of American firearms.
Collectors knew Norman Flayderman as the man behind the bible of American firearms, Flayderman’s Guide to Antique Americ…
Rescuing Silver Strike History One foundation is keeping the Comstock Lode’s glittering history away from the bulldozer.
Talk about the mother lode. Imagine trying to preserve hundreds of projects in a 14,000-acre district—not only one of th…
Welcome to Mule Nation Finally, the mighty American mule gets some long, overdue credit.
My father, Allen P. Bell, was a stubborn Norwegian. And if you believe my wife, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.…
Hell on the Buffalo Range Despite the romance associated with the buffalo hunters of the 1870s, the daily life of these frontiersmen was anything but glamorous.
Life on the buffalo range was hard, dangerous work, often accomplished in extreme heat or freezing conditions, sometimes…