When Dodge City’s founders staked out their vision for a town near Fort Dodge in 1872, its first business was George Hoover’s bar. He sold whiskey...
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Travel & Preservation
Western Events for August 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOWS ART & WINE IN THE COOL PINES Cloudcroft, NM, August 6-7: This 1898...
Building the Central Pacific Railroad
A century and a half ago, steel rails began stretching across the landscape to link this nation. In an 1832 article published by the New York...
Butch Cassidy and the Last Standing Bank
Butch Cassidy, was given the name Robert Leroy Parker at birth, born to a poor Mormon family in Beaver, Utah. As a teen Parker set off to find a new...
Western Events for July 2016
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOW Imaging the American West: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Crown Jewel of the Big Horns
John Loucks fought the Sioux during their 1862 uprising in the Dakotas. Twenty years later, he platted out his vision for a town on a piece of...
Following Elfego Baca
Who is New Mexico’s most famous lawman? Don Bullis says it depends on whom you ask. Put that question to an Anglo, and—no surprise—the common answer...
Hanging Your Hat in Colorado’s Historic Hotels
Sure, you can find historic hotels across the West, but I don’t know if any state offers a better selection than Colorado. Don’t believe me? Well,...
10 for 10: Grapevine, Texas
1. See a Victorian Christmas come to life at the 1859 Nash Farm. You can make traditional handmade Christmas ornaments, hear holiday stories and...
December 2012 Events
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ANIMAL...
Buffalo Tracks
In the Rockies of Western Montana, I have the most perfect view of a buffalo. It’s inspiring, humbling, beautiful, majestic. Char-grilled, eight...
August 2012 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ADVENTURE Cowgirl Camp Gila, NM, August 12-17: Lessons in advanced horsemanship...