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Lawton, Oklahoma

Lawton, Oklahoma

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Travel & Preservation

Fort Sill is the first place that comes to mind when I think of Lawton, Oklahoma. Especially during the month of May, which is when, in 1871, a wagon train loaded with corn was attacked by Kiowa chiefs on the road between Montana’s Fort Belknap and Texas’s Fort...
Cowboys in Combat

Cowboys in Combat

by | Mar 4, 2009 | Western Movies

Most movie cowboys were not real cowboys. The idea of people such as Dean Martin or John Candy playing rough, tough cowboy heroes borders on the ludicrous. But many cowboy stars were heroes in real life and proved it on the battlefield. After World WarII, these heroes...
The Road to Mangas

The Road to Mangas

by | Mar 1, 2009 | Travel & Preservation

The dirt road to Mangas almost loses itself amid low hills as it winds through the windswept plains of New Mexico’s high desert. It isn’t a drive for the faint of heart. Or the directionally challenged. Just when getting lost in this time-forgotten patch of nowhere...
Staycations & Vacations

Staycations & Vacations

by | Mar 1, 2009 | Travel & Preservation

This past winter, when I finally made my way to Mystery Castle at 800 E. Mineral Road in Phoenix, Arizona, I was glad to hear I was not the only slacker among my friends in the tour group. “I am so happy to finally visit this landmark that I’ve been wanting to see for...
What’s in a Name

What’s in a Name

by | Feb 1, 2009 | Travel & Preservation

GENE AUTRY If not for his job as a telegrapher at the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, Gene Autry may not have become famous as the Singing Cowboy.  By chance, he met Will Rogers in 1928, when he wired a newspaper column back East for the humorist. Autry often...