While the six-gun may have reigned as king of the silver screen West, in the real Old West, it was a different story. True, the handy six-shooter...
Rifle Packin’ in the Old West
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Art, Guns and Culture
Casa de Adobe
If not for Mark Twain’s love of the Mississippi River, which brought him often to St. Louis, an artist who would come to be known for his mission...
Casa de Adobe
If not for Mark Twain’s love of the Mississippi River, which brought him often to St. Louis, an artist who would come to be known for his mission...
Taos Founders Top Auction
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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...