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...
Not a Leg to Stand On
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Art, Guns and Culture
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...
Stories Behind the Song
During a recording project in Evergreen, Colorado, several years back, Jon Chandler approached a subject that had captivated him since childhood...
Stories Behind the Song
During a recording project in Evergreen, Colorado, several years back, Jon Chandler approached a subject that had captivated him since childhood...