Defeat of Jesse James Days Northfield, MN, September 8-11: Celebrate the town heroes who stopped the Jesse James Gang during their famous...

Defeat of Jesse James Days Northfield, MN, September 8-11: Celebrate the town heroes who stopped the Jesse James Gang during their famous...
The native wild berries of Montana are a popular treat. On June 3, 1805, William Clark wrote this in his journal as the Lewis and Clark...
Using brass or iron furniture tacks was one of American Indians’ favorite ways of dressing up their firearms. Decorations on firearms and...
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Annual Prix de West showcases the best in Western art. Western art as a genre...
Here’s how we got home, home on the range. Free Land!” In 30 states. Offering 270 million acres—one tenth of the entire United States. Over two...
Fred Nolan and Robert Utley could riff with the best of them. In April of 2012, I was giving a history talk in a tent on the concourse of Ruidoso...
PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS’ WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO Prescott, AZ, June 28-July 4: The 135th annual rodeo celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of...
Idaho may be synonymous with potatoes, but trout has been a pioneer staple since it was first settled where cold rivers, streams and creeks were...
Rock Island and Morphy firearms auctions ring up big profits. Marty Robbins famously sang about a stranger who came out of the West wearing a "big...
This truly was the “engine” for Albuquerque. The first thing Rabbi Isador Freed did in 1920, as he de-parted the train in a dusty New Mexico town,...
Our team’s quest to capture Crazy Horse’s visage was a bear. There are no known photographs of Crazy Horse. Yes, there are several...
Gold Rush Days Sidney, NE, June 10-12: Experience the Black Hills gold rush of 1876 through skits, re-enactments and cowboy lore about the town’s...