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January 2021 Western Roundup
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Art, Guns and Culture
Seeking Common Ground
The good news first: the end of the 1918 influenza pandemic in 1920 led almost directly to the Roaring Twenties because everyone in the country was so ready to kick out the jams after all the death and depressing times. So let’s hope that history repeats itself this year.
A Dickens Christmas on the Frontier
Western pioneers brought the yuletide tradition of roast goose to their holiday hearths.
December 2020 Western Roundup
As the holidays approach, western communities around the country are celebrating, cowboy style.
The Mystique of the Americas’ First People
Cowan’s annual American Indian Art Auction sells out.
They Don’t Make ’Em Like They Used To
But we’re so lucky they once did.
The Kids Return
This issue marks the return of two of my favorite “Kids.” One is the legendary outlaw who sparked in me a lifetime of research on his short and violent life, and the other is the legendary scholar who, so far, has had a long and peaceful life, interrupted by eloquent tirades against the machine.
Home On The Range Cabin “…And The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day”
Going “home” to a sweet moment in American history.
Assassination Nation
Get ready to tangle with epic events and tragic stats on the revolution road.
Western Roundup November 2020
Western events for November 2020
Guns of Mexico’s Freedom Fighters
During Mexico’s 1910 Revolution, rebel forces fought with muzzle-loaders, lever-action and bolt-action repeaters—even machine guns.
They Earned A Living On Their Feet
Women of grit and grace brought home cooking to their restaurants across the West.