Art, Guns and Culture Archives

Here’s Looking at You, Kid

by Bob Boze Bell | Jun 10, 2021

The Class of 2021 has turned in their research and—boy, howdy—there are some eyebrow-raisers here. When I was first diving deep into all the Billy...

Western Roundup: June 2021

by True West | May 6, 2021

Brian Lebel’s Old West Show & Auction June 25-27, 2021, Santa Fe, NM: A weekend dealer show and sale, along with an exciting, live/online...

Winchester Dominates at the Rock Island Auction

by Steve Friesen | May 6, 2021

The annual Western firearms auction was a success for all. Rock Island Auction Company's February event was a "personal best" for the auction house....

Searching For Wyatt Earp As A Boy

by Jana Bommersbach | May 6, 2021

The Pella Historical Society starts at home. Certainly, Wyatt Earp didn’t play cowboys and Indians growing up in Pella, Iowa. We know because it...

Horseman, Pass By, Again

by Bob Boze Bell | May 5, 2021

The long and circuitous road from the Hayloft Bar to Larry McMurtry’ s typewriter and back again. Back in my Honkytonk Days (and Nights!), I played...

Western Roundup: May 2021

by True West | Apr 6, 2021

21st Annual Living History Days Pinedale, WY, May 11-13: Each day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the American Mountain Men show the day-to-day life of the...

The Tom Jonas Map Quest

by Bob Boze Bell | Apr 5, 2021

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what it took to get a map of the location of Doc Holliday’s Saloon in Las Vegas, New Mexico (“Classic Gunfights,”...

Western Roundup – April 2021

by Mariah George | Mar 2, 2021

SCOTTSDALE ART AUCTION Scottsdale, AZ, April 10: Over 350 lots of the finest in Western, wildlife and sporting paintings and sculptures will...

Dining in the Desert

by Sherry Monahan | Mar 1, 2021

After exploring the natural beauty and history of the Southwestern deserts, retreat to a historic oasis in Death Valley for fine dining and renewal....