New research changes the long-accepted story of how Jesse James cashed in his chips. We pride ourselves on telling the true stories of the...
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To the Point
A Photographic Memory, or Two
We have done a feature on the most important historical photos of the Old West (see January 2018) and we have done the most iconic photos, so this...
Ride On, Brave Riders
We have been bucking the odds for a very long time—69 years, to be exact. Yes, somehow, some way, this feisty, little ol’ magazine has survived,...
Whole Lotta Love
Giving our mothers and grandmothers their due is more than satisfying. Back in 1994 I had it on my schedule to do one of my timeline books on “The...
El Chivato Gets His Due
The Hispanic version of the Billy the Kid story has finally arrived three decades after it was predicted. Back in 1991, before my...
My Stage Partners
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...
Crazy Hunt
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...
Ditch the Derby
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...
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...
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...
Tombstone Redux
Let’s find someone to refilm Kevin Jarre’s original script and complete his dream. Thanks to Jeff Morey, the historical consultant on Tombstone I...
An O.K. Day!
Funny what a hunch can produce. I didn’t see any ads or notices about the event in Tombstone. I just knew I had to be there, in the corral, for the...