The long title of Lori Davisson’s Dispatches from the Fort Apache Scout: White Mountain and Cibecue Apache History Through 1881 (University of...
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The Most Significant July Event in Western History
It's probably a three-way tossup, depending on where your interests lie. It could be July 1, 1862 when President Lincoln set the route for the first...
John P. Langellier
Without the 1950s’ ABC series, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, I probably would have taken an entirely different career path, especially after our...
Hot Brand: Red River Rides Again
Award-winning author Johnny D. Bogg’s gift for memorable storytelling rises to its highest level in Return to Red River (Kensington, $7.99), the...
Is “remada” an English derivative of the Spanish word remuda?
Is "ramada" an English derivative of the Spanish word remuda? John Hay Prescott Valley, Arizona I checked the dictionary Larousse and found “ramada”...
Do Indians not have facial hair?
I have been watching Westerns ever since I was a child and have never seen an Indian with a beard or mustache. Do they not have facial hair? Curtis...
Queen of Country Swing’s Tough Mamas
Honkytonk Sue, the Queen of Country Swing, has been dispensing her sage advice since she first appeared in the June 1977 National Lampoon. She saves...
Hardy as Bears
The first white men in the Rocky Mountains were trappers who became known as Mountain Men, arriving decades before Lewis and Clark. Many were of...
Genuine Cowboys Captured Alive
The cowboy is the most popular American folk hero, readily recognized all around the world. But many would be hard put to name any working cowboys...
Capturing Protectors of Peace
Many deserving Old West lawmen have not received their due in history. We all know the ones who have questionable aspects to their careers and were...
In the Eye of the Beholder
We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the case of the purported tintype of Belle Starr, which sold for $7,000 during...
Custer Battlefield Museum
After his victory at Washita, a buckskin-clad Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer felt undaunted in his role of frontier Indian fighter. The Seventh...