Art, Guns and Culture
Mexican Marvels

Mexican Marvels

The cuisine of Mexican natives living in the frontier West did not appear on menus in most restaurants or hotels. Victorian pioneers considered it...

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History in Ink

History in Ink

What a difference an autograph makes. Last September, a collector successfully bid $6,500 at Cowan’s Auctions for a photograph from the Eric C....

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Hell on Wheels Meals

Hell on Wheels Meals

Wyoming Territory became home to makeshift towns as the Union Pacific Railroad laid tracks to meet the Central Pacific Railroad from 1867-1869. When...

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Custer’s Last Strand

Custer’s Last Strand

Custer’s Last Strand” made news around the nation after links of the controversial cavalry commander’s curly blond hair sold at the June 9 auction...

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An Artist’s Artist

An Artist’s Artist

Mandan warrior Four Bears has been praised for his artistic genius, which may explain why artists of the Old West have felt compelled to portray...

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