Art, Guns and Culture Archives

Big Bend Mystery Under the Sands

by Phil Spangenberger | Jun 30, 2008

How long it had lain in the West Texas desert, no one knew. It was 1972, and the firearm looked as if it had been undisturbed for at least a...

The Emperor’s Old Guns

by Meghan Saar | Jun 30, 2008

Imagine the elevator of a posh Vegas hotel opening its doors, revealing a man holding a toilet paper torch, wearing a king-sized sheet clad around...

Run Out of Town On a Rail

by Johnny D. Boggs | Jun 30, 2008

A Western romance comes to life while I ride on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. I feel its authenticity—from the close-up scenery speeding past the window...

Preservation: Let the Water Flow

by Mark Boardman | Jun 23, 2008

Let the Water Flow In early March, a torrent of water rushed through the Grand Canyon. It was not an act of God; man was behind the Great Flood of...

Cattle Track Creations

by Candy Moulton | Jun 23, 2008

Living and working as an artist in one of the few places in Scottsdale, Arizona, that remains natural and largely undeveloped, Mark McDowell daily...

NRA’s Cowboy Celebration

by Phil Spangenberger | Jun 23, 2008

“When fact becomes legend, print the legend!” So goes the words of the great film director, John Ford, when asked about portraying truth in his...

Dodge City’s All-Stars

by Johnny D. Boggs | Jun 21, 2008

The formation of the Dodge City Peace Commission took place 125 years ago this June, so I’m wondering, “Why all the hoopla?” Okay, so there isn’t a...

Charlie Russell’s Newest Painting

by Meghan Saar | Jun 21, 2008

Charlie Russell showed off his newest painting at this year's C.M. Russell Art Auction. Impossible, you say? The esteemed cowboy artist did so...

Roadside Culture

by Meghan Saar | May 1, 2008

“We call these people ‘untutored,’ and yet, to watch a desert dweller spill varicolored sands between his fingers into a magic pattern on the ground...