“It’s My Obsession”

“It’s My Obsession”

Legendary rock musician Phil Collins doesn’t exactly believe in psychics, but he has to admit, he feels eerie about this: A clairvoyant once told him he was the reincarnation of John W. Smith—an Alamo courier who went on to become the first mayor of San Antonio. She...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2015

Top 10 True Western Towns of 2015

Top 10 True Western Towns – What makes a True Western Town? Well, there’s history, of course. Whether it’s about lawmen and gunfighters, ranchers and sodbusters, or railroads and boomtowns, all True Western Towns have a story to tell. But there’s more to it than...
Weapons of the Indian Wars

Weapons of the Indian Wars

During the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, Touch The Clouds took his band of Minneconjou Teton followers to the Spotted Tail Agency in northwestern Nebraska. When they arrived on April 14, 1877, the chief rode forward and said, “I lay down this gun, as a token of...
He Knew Them All

He Knew Them All

He was one of the pros. The six-foot-seven gentle giant directed movie stars by letting them do what they did best, while he created seamless entertainments. That’s the old-school way. The way Andrew V. McLaglen learned, watching his father, Victor, going through the...
Pawnee Power

Pawnee Power

The Pawnee scouts, revered to this day in Pawnee culture, played a pivotal role during the height of the Indian Wars between 1864 and 1877. “With war howling at the very doorstep of the Pawnee nation, these soldiers forestalled the specter of genocide in their...