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...
Ditch the Derby
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Art, Guns and Culture
Western Roundup: May 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
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
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!
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
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...
Western Roundup: April 2022
ART SHOWS Scottsdale Art Auction Scottsdale, AZ & Virtual, April 8-9: The auction featuring items from a consortium of leading American...
Caplock Rivals
Two open-top and solid-frame designs reigned supreme in the age of percussion revolvers, and each type had its advantages and drawbacks. ...
Western From Head to Toe
Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction in Mesa, Arizona, is always a movie collector’s paradise. All Images Courtesy Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction Unless...
Big, Bigger, Biggest
It doesn’t get much sweeter than this in rural Nevada. They probably pulled $10 million in copper out of the mines around McGill, Nevada, in its...
Hats off to 1883
Our new favorite show in the Land of the Nitpickers. All Images of “1883” Courtesy Paramount+/Robert Duvall Image Courtesy CBS Television We love...
Saloons, Paniolos and Telegraphs
Was there racial separation in the Old West? Could a Black cowboy go into a Tombstone saloon? Jeffery S. King Washington, DC It’s difficult, if...