Galvanizing Galveston Hurricane Ike put a hurt on the Texas port city of Galveston in mid-September. Thirteen-foot floodwaters wreaked havoc with...
Preservation: Galvanizing Galveston
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Art, Guns and Culture
They Ate What?
Sop, lick, sinkers and whistle berries. Those all sound tasty, don’t they? Pioneers often ate these and other delicacies along the trails heading...
Deadwood Dresses Up Auction
Die-hard fans of HBO’s Deadwood could have had the perfect Halloween costume for this year. Four outfits worn by cast members sold at auction at...
Batter Up in Tombstone
Everybody this side of Fenway Park knows that Tombstone, Arizona, is about keeping the past alive. Yet the Town Too Tough To Die’s Nancy...
I Gotta Cook Where?
“Chris lifted the food box down from the front of our wagon, while Carrie built a fire in the Russian iron camp stove. “Mother peeled potatoes and...
Finding Inspiration in the Clouds
His family had no air conditioning, so as a youngster, Ed Mell escaped the summer heat of Phoenix by visiting his grandfather at a cabin, built in...
The Firearms Legacy of Will Hoffeld
Back in the good ol’ days of the 1960s and ’70s, I frequented a magical, little shop in Los Angeles, California, called the Eagle’s Nest. Stuffed...
Preservation: Canada Can-Do
Canada Can-Do Ontario, Canada, thrived due to the railroads that crisscrossed the region in the 1800s. At one point, about 3,000 train stations...
Collecting “Bois de Vache”
“After we reached the plains, the only fuel we had was buffalo and cow chips,” wrote six-year-old Nellie Gray, a second cousin to Sheriff Pat...
Rough Riders & Presidents
Artist Frederic Remington first arrived in Cuba in January 1897, on assignment for newspaper magnate William R. Hearst. He remained there, and...
50th Anniversary of Rio Bravo
Fifty years ago this month, Rio Bravo premiered as director Howard Hawks’s answer to director Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon. Not buying into the theme...
Rodeo Dough
One of the most popular citizens in Beverly Hills during the 1920s was Western star Tom Mix. Once known as “El Rodeo de las Aguas,” Gathering of the...