Alamo Myths

Alamo Myths

Only weeks after the 13-day siege and battle, contemporary newspapers provided conflicting accounts of what happened at the famous mission-fortress. And in the years that followed, painters, poets, writers and filmmakers provided multiple interpretations of Texas’...
Cowboy Up!

Cowboy Up!

From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West.   I remember my parents loading my sister, Katherine, and me into the family station wagon. It was the late 1960s and our vacation...
El Bandito Simpático

El Bandito Simpático

James B. Mills’ major new biography of Billy the Kid, plus a geographic history of Nebraska, an alternate bio of The Kid, a Wild West Western, and an Apache adventure Give or take 8,300 miles be-tween New Mexico, U.S.A., and New South Wales, Australia, and 140 years...
Patrick Wayne

Patrick Wayne

An actor in his own right, the Duke’s son entertained audiences for decades in Westerns and action movies.   In the golden years of Hollywood, a star could always get their kid a bit part in their movie, to keep them busy and quiet. That’s usually as far as it...