Top Western Museums of 2014

Top Western Museums of 2014

What we learned over the past year is this: Communication is important, even in museums. In August 2013, History Colorado Center closed its exhibit on the Sand Creek Massacre after complaints from Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians because those tribes had not been...
16 Historical Destinations That Will Make You Weep

16 Historical Destinations That Will Make You Weep

The American West, imagined and celebrated worldwide in art and literature, film and television, is equally a land of grace and grief. Since Columbus sailed the Atlantic, world history changed, not just in the Americas, but, around the globe, with the near immediate...
April 2014 Events

April 2014 Events

A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ART SHOWS Cowgirl Up! Wickenburg, AZ, April 1-30: Opening gala at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum kicks off the invitational Western Art exhibit by women. 928-684-2272 • WesternMuseum.org...
The Fountain Murders

The Fountain Murders

February 1, 1896 Albert Jennings Fountain is agitated. It’s cold and windy, and his young son is coming down with a cold. Fountain is anxious to get the eight year old home to his mother, but his discomfort has more to do with three suspicious horseback riders who...
The Two-Reel Texas Rascal

The Two-Reel Texas Rascal

What comes first to mind when you want to talk Western history? Probably Texas. Caroline Frick guessed that, even while she was working at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., or at Warner Bros. in Los Angeles, California. So when she came to the University of...