Features & Gunfights
Truth Be Known

Truth Be Known

Old Vaquero Saying “Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.” Quotes “We are all travelers in the wilderness of...

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Circle the Wagons!

Circle the Wagons!

Emanuel Leutze’s 1863 oil Indians Attacking a Wagon Train vividly captured and perpetuated the fears of Americans migrating West on the Overland...

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Chile Queens

Chile Queens

For two centuries, locals and visitors to the public plazas of San Antonio, Texas, dined on the famous fiery cuisine. San Antonio, Texas, became...

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Tamer of Raton Pass

Tamer of Raton Pass

“Uncle Dick” Wootton helped build a nation with his Santa Fe Trail toll road. Well past midnight, everyone in the wagon train was snoring. First...

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Shooting Back

Shooting Back

Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Flags...

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Truth Be Known

Truth Be Known

Old Vaquero Saying “Ain’t nothin’ like ridin’ a fine horse in new country.” Quotes “Whatever is their fortune, good or bad, the leader is the person...

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Shrine of Liberty

Shrine of Liberty

On April 7, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt addressed a crowd of enthusiastic supporters at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. A month after his...

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Best of the West 2022

Best of the West 2022

Our 20th Annual Celebration of the Absolute Best of the West The year 2021 was a year of both reflection and celebration. Once again, as spring...

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