Art, Guns and Culture Archives

Got Gold … In Your Closet?

by Phil Spangenberger | Dec 19, 2009

Many people have items at home, often tucked away or somehow otherwise forgotten, that could be worth more than gold. Anyone who has watched...

How to Own a Dixon on a Low Budget

by Meghan Saar | Dec 19, 2009

Given that Maynard Dixon commands as high a price at auction as $1.5 million, some of you might think a drawing by him would also be out of your...

Auld Lang Syne

by Sherry Monahan | Dec 19, 2009

“January 4, 1883. I take my pen in hand with much pleasure tonight to scratch you a few words,” began Ella Oblinger’s letter to her grandparents and...

Choose the Right Felt Hat

by G. Daniel DeWeese | Dec 19, 2009

You can often tell a lot about a person by his or her choice of headwear, and few hats make louder statements than cowboy hats. You might wear a hat...

Happy 400th Birthday, Santa Fe

by Johnny D. Boggs | Dec 19, 2009

Santa Fe, the city that kept Billy the Kid in chains in the city jail and chained Gov. Lew Wallace to his desk so he could finish Ben-Hur, turns 400...

Cactus Camp

by Candy Moulton | Dec 19, 2009

The design for Cactus Camp figuratively took shape on a bar napkin at the Roadrunner Bar in New River, Arizona. Kit Carson (no relation to the...

Aged Beauties

by Phil Spangenberger | Oct 14, 2009

Handling an antique, iron gray firearm stimulates thoughts and images of a long lost time. One can visualize hard use and wild days on the American...

Preservation: Remember the Alamo (Replica)

by Mark Boardman | Oct 14, 2009

Remember the Alamo (Replica) John Wayne starred in 1960’s The Alamo, filmed on a 500-acre set that took two years to build. When the actors and...

A Historian’s Dream House

by Candy Moulton | Oct 13, 2009

The defining features in the 4,440-square-foot Georgetown, Texas, home of historians Robert Utley and Melody Webb are the bookshelves. Their custom...