George Motz, author of Hamburger America, and Bobcat Bite are all about red meat. I met up with Motz at the Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe, New Mexico....
Where’s the Beef?
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Art, Guns and Culture
Revisiting Lonesome Dove
Two decades ago, my fellow reporters and I were sitting in the Dallas Times Herald offices--or maybe we were in a sleazy bar near the...
Two Oregon Naturals Make A Team
Traditional Country and Western singer Joni Harms and Pendleton Woolen Mills share many traits in common. Both trace their Oregon heritage back at...
Preservation: Indians on the Internet
Indians on the Internet The National Museum of the American Indian houses three Smithsonian museums, in Washington, DC and New York City, under one...
Good As Gold
Back in 1873, when Colt first introduced the Peacemaker, it sold for a whopping $17.50! That was nearly a month’s wages for a laborer. You could...
The Chuckwagon Cooky
They were paid $20-$30 a month and were called names like Belly-cheater, Cooky, Coosie, Beef-trust, Dog face, Dutch, Beans, Punk, Grease-pot and...
Collecting Geronimo
“I sold my photographs for twenty-five cents, and was allowed to keep ten cents of this for myself. “I also wrote my name for ten, fifteen, or...
Preservation: Monument for a Madam
Monument for a Madam Mary Porter held a unique position in Fort Worth, Texas, society in the 1890s. The Irish native operated a famously popular...
The Rifleman’s Rifle Returns
Armed only with a Winchester rifle, a lone, lanky figure walks resolutely down a dusty frontier street. Suddenly, with almost machine gun-like...
Cowboy Bunkhouse
Dee Steed was born in Wyoming’s Star Valley; he knocked around Wyoming with his cowboy father, worked cows himself and spent six years on the rodeo...
Rare Russell is Collector’s Bargain
They spent weeks solving the mystery of an illustration that none of the Charles M. Russell experts had ever seen before; it was like Antiques...
Old West Foods in the 21st Century
Imagine yourself sitting in a restaurant somewhere in the Old West. You order oatmeal, biscuits and chocolate for breakfast. Nope—not a candy bar....