The cowboys’ genesis lay in the savvy and the six-shooters of John Kinney, one of the most notorious outlaws of the Sout…
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Not Easily Intimidated The steely nerve required to photograph the only known images of Indians still at war.
General George Crook thoughtfully allowed photographer C.S. Fly to come along to record the event at Cañon de los Embudo…
Invalids Need Not Apply! Cowboy Rangers of the early U.S. Forest Service.
Today, a forest ranger may call to mind a friendly guide who leads nature walks and gives campfire talks. But 100 years …
Buffalo Bill: Why He Still Matters Described by a U.S. President as an “American of Americans,” William F. Cody remains vital to our nation.
William F. Cody was a man seemingly trapped in the distant past, yet one who cared desperately about the onrushing futur…
Iron Ladies of the American Railroad Travel the West on historic railroads and discover how women helped build a nation.
The first trip I took by train was an hour-long journey from my hometown in Norborne, Missouri, to Walt Disney’s hometow…
Buffallo Bill Busted He perfected the Wild West show, toured the world, got rich and then lost millions. What happened?
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody was a lucky man. From a hardscrabble youth that began in a log cabin in Iowa Territory, he g…
When C.S. Fly Shot Geronimo Making memories at the Cañon de los Embudos surrender site.
In the middle of March 1886, Camillus Sydney Fly, perhaps Arizona’s best-known frontier photographer, loaded his camera,…
Trapped! 31 Mexican Vaqueros VS Geronimo
Patricio Valenzuela, the hacendado (ranch owner) of the Agua Fria hacienda eight miles east of Cucurpe in Sonora, Mexico…
The Legendary West 10 Destinations You Must Visit in a Lifetime
The West conjures images: sky-touching-earth horizons, uncharted wilderness, turbulent rivers, an unbounded Milky Way fl…
Never Wasted a Bullet Yanosha was one of Geronimo’s bravest Chiricahua Apache Warriors.
He was known as one of the bravest of Geronimo’s warriors, a sharpshooter who never wasted a bullet. He also helped othe…