Art, Guns and Culture Archives

Making a Good Impression in the West

by Steve Friesen | Sep 1, 2022

With the rise of photography in the second half of the 19th century, art no longer needed to be a visual record. One result was the...

A Flood of Fakes

by Jana Bommersbach | Sep 1, 2022

The silverwork is perfect, the turquoise is spectacular, so is the price tag, but after all, this was made by a Native American and will be a...

Texas’s Tangy Thirst Quencher

by Sherry Monahan | Sep 1, 2022

The origin story of the Lone Star State’s Dr. Pepper is legendary. Texas and beef go together like chips and salsa. And while Texas is known for its...

Ditch the Derby

by Bob Boze Bell | Sep 1, 2022

One of the problems Bat Masterson has in terms of his Old West legend is he is typecast as a city slicker, always wearing a derby. But the real Bat...

Western Roundup: May 2022

by True West | Mar 31, 2022

Wyatt Earp Days (Pictured) Tombstone, AZ, May 27-28: In honor of famed Tombstone lawman Wyatt Earp, activities include gunfights, a chili cook-off...

The Beehive State

by Sherry Monahan | Mar 31, 2022

Utah has been a leader in apiary science for crop pollination and honey production for over 150 years. Honey is nature’s sugar, and...

Gold Mines, Photos and Fakes

by Steve Friesen | Mar 30, 2022

Navigating the pitfalls of collecting historic photographs is not for the faint of heart. The sale at auction of a tintype of Billy the Kid...

Gobsmacked!

by Bob Boze Bell | Mar 30, 2022

Thanks to the late, great Gus Walker (“The Mapinator”), you are about to experience the very best step by step, blow-by-blow maps and visuals...

Eat a Peach

by Sherry Monahan | Feb 25, 2022

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Oklahoma became one of the nation’s leaders in peach and stone fruit production. Fruit is not exactly the...