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Features & Gunfights
A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
The Wild Frontier Trail: A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History There’s a wildness to Wyoming that never quite disappeared. The ghosts of...
A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
Following the Footsteps of Legends: A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier The road ahead is rich with history, where every town holds the...
Blazing The Oregon Trail
Blazing the Oregon Trail: A Journey Through the Past The trail was long, the dangers many, and yet, they came—thousands of souls seeking a new life....
Journey Through Time
Journey Through Time: Saddle Up for the Ultimate Western Road Trip The American West wasn’t built in silence—it was forged in the clatter of...
Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
Columnist Will Bagley and Brigham Young University Professor Ron Walker present opposing viewpoints to the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...
Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad "Center My Heart Boys!!" March 28, 1877 The execution of John D. Lee was supposed to be a secret, but as...
Mormons in the Movies
From Mormonsploitation to edification, Latter-Day Saints Cinema runs the gamut The early screen portrayals of Mormonism were not...
An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
She assembled artisans, Historians and linguists to keep their three Nations’ portrayals accurate Not so long ago, in many Western...
The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
A Ute Elder Shares His Thoughts on the So-Called “Utah War.” A skilled Paiute hunter demonstrated his marksmanship in 1873. Although...
Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
Does American Primeval Tell The True Story? The two most compelling characters in American Primeval are, not coincidentally, the two...
The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
Pathfinder Jim Bridger tangles with Prophet Brigham Young Jim Bridger was one of the most skilled mountain men in American history. In...