The Harvey Girls of yesteryear set the standard for uniform customer service across the West. The Harvey Girls rose to fame in the later part...
Three Cheers for Hospitality
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Arizona’s Yavapai-Apache War
A tour of the conflict’s historic sites is a poignant reminder of how unmerciful war was meted out against the state’s Native people. ...
Shoot-out at Cottonwood Springs?
Wyatt Earp vs. Curly Bill Brocius March 24, 1882 Map by Gus Walker Based on the research of Bill Evans Wyatt Earp and his men take breakfast...
Western Roundup: October 2021
The Woolaroc Retrospective Exhibit and Sale Bartlesville, OK, October 16-December 31 This year’s show will feature William Acheff, Scott L....
Rattlesnakes, Renegades and UFOs
Were Wayne Brazel—involved in the killing of Pat Garrett—and Mac Brazel—involved in the 1947 Roswell UFO incident—related? True West Maniac...
What History Has Taught Me: Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell For over 60 years, Northern Cheyenne artist Ben Nighthorse has been creating beautiful, one-of-a-kind, award-winning...
The Most Well-Known Unknown Western Illustrator
A.R. Mitchell's paintings are so "moving." His name won’t trip off the tongue, but everyone knows his images: If the horses aren’t bucking, they’re...
He Missed the Scoop
John Clum was busy when the Tombstone street fight took place. It’s entirely possible to get so engrossed in a task that one misses a big...
What History Has Taught Me: Jeremy Rowe
Dr. Jeremy Rowe, Photographer, Historian, Scientist Dr. Jeremy Rowe has collected and researched 19th- and early 20th-century photographs and wrote...
Frontier Privies and Cowboy Cooks
Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. His latest book is Arizona Oddities: Land...
Western Roundup: September 2021
32nd Annual Fiesta de Septiembre Wickenburg, AZ, September 4, 2021: Celebrate Wickenburg’s Hispanic pioneer heritage at this event. Activities...
Virginia City, Montana
This city struck it rich with a well-preserved ghost town. The Cartwrights and Bonanza made Virginia City, Nevada, famous. But the other...