My Favorites of 2020 Thank You for Helping Me Through 2020 There aren’t many jobs in which you’re lucky enough to make friends as you work out of...
The Best of the West: Western Preservation
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Classic True West
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Saying “No matter how early you rise, the dawn comes no earlier.” Quotes “Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.”...
The Best of the West: Western Fare
Historic restaurants and saloons keep the spirit of the West alive, and some offer a mean steak. Denver, Colorado, is home to the famous Buckhorn...
The Best of the West: Firearms
What a helluva year 2020 was! While the past 12 months will be remembered in largely negative terms, there have been a handful of firearms...
The Best of the West: True Westerner of the Year
Do you remember the first time you read Paul Andrew Hutton? He immediately captured my interest and imagination with his double-barreled literary...
The Best of the West: Western Wear
One hundred years ago, on June 20, 1921, boot maker Charles H. Hyer died in Olathe, Kansas. Mr. Hyer and his family had moved to the Eastern Kansas...
California Joe: Great Scout and Plainsman
“Who was California Joe?” asked J.W. Buel in his Heroes of the Plains published in 1882, for Joe’s origin was as much a mystery to his...
Opening Shot – The Dead of Winter
Indian Infantry Company in winter uniforms pause from their training—possibly as Indian police—to have their photo taken in the winter of 1890.
Capturing Protectors Of Peace
Rare shots of Old West lawmen with firearms—and without.
Pancho Villa And The El Paso Connection
¡Ay Chihuahua! How this strategic U.S. town launched the Mexican Revolution.