Art, Guns and Culture Archives

Taos Founders Top Auction

by Meghan Saar | Jun 2, 2007

For Eanger I. Couse, life seemed to begin in 1887. He found romance and learned of a place from which his future work would gain its most notoriety....

Preservation: Pony Express Rides On

by TW Editors | Jun 2, 2007

Pony Express Rides On Back on April 3, 1860, a rider headed out of St. Joseph, Missouri, carrying saddlebags of mail to Sacramento, California. The...

Cowboy Mounted Shooting

by Phil Spangenberger | Jun 1, 2007

During the past 13 years, an exciting new form of cowboy action shooting has grown under the guidance of the originating organization, the CMSA....

Does Your Colt Pedigree?

by Phil Spangenberger | Jun 1, 2007

A sure-shot way to prove the pedigree of your Colt firearm is to have factory documentation. A Colt Historical Letter has been universally...

Collecting the West Roundup

by Meghan Saar | Jun 1, 2007

Hidden among Picassos, Duchamps and Matisses collected by Earl Horter is a fire-hardened buffalo hide shield with an antelope hide strap sling. At...

Stories Behind the Song

by Bethany Braley | May 2, 2007

The English language may not have enough words of praise to adequately describe a man of Roy Rogers’ character. His movie, TV and musical...

Weapons as Art

by Phil Spangenberger | May 2, 2007

On the raw American frontier, vestiges of the settled, more civilized societies could be seen in the hands of good and bad men alike through their...

Preservation: Splish Splash Bath

by TW Editors | May 2, 2007

From an old bathtub used for comical souvenir photos to naturally-heated springs, folks in Hot Springs, Arkansas, sure knew how to bathe. After the...

Not a Leg to Stand On

by Meghan Saar | May 2, 2007

Before the Wild West Show, heck before showman William F. Cody was even born, the Victorian taste for the grotesque was satisfied by circus sideshow...