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...
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Art, Guns and Culture
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...
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...
Ugly Ducklings of Frontier Six-shooters
The few surviving factory records reveal that Merwin, Hulbert & Co. was organized in 1874, when New England inventive genius and savvy...
Preservation: Roll Along, Wagon Train
Roll Along, Wagon Train “Gotta keep ’em on the run. Time to go! And follow the sun. Roll along, Wagon Train.” Ward Bond played the wagonmaster on...
Ugly Ducklings of Frontier Six-shooters
The few surviving factory records reveal that Merwin, Hulbert & Co. was organized in 1874, when New England inventive genius and savvy...
Preservation: Roll Along, Wagon Train
Roll Along, Wagon Train “Gotta keep ’em on the run. Time to go! And follow the sun. Roll along, Wagon Train.” Ward Bond played the wagonmaster on...
A Gun Exchanged for Billy the Kid’s Mare
“I want no man who hesitates,” Frank Stewart told his Panhandle stockmen when they had realized that they weren’t just rounding up some stolen steer...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Nashville tends to shun Kimes because he bucked the system. Some in the Western music genre...
A Gun Exchanged for Billy the Kid’s Mare
“I want no man who hesitates,” Frank Stewart told his Panhandle stockmen when they had realized that they weren’t just rounding up some stolen steer...
A Man That Won’t Bend
Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Nashville tends to shun Kimes because he bucked the system. Some in the Western music genre...