What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military?
What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military? Richard T. Hernandez Fontana, California Hat cords were yellow for cavalry, red for artillery and silver or light blue for infantry. They were mostly worn as formal wear for dances, parties and parades....
On Location!
Harry Goulding sure didn’t come across as a Hollywood Western hero. But he was. Harry got there by a meandering route, though. In the 1920s, he and his wife set up a trading post in southern Utah, just north of the Arizona border. There were no paved roads through the...
Mellonsfolly’s Wild West
When the creation legend of a country consists of its North Island being the fish, the South Island, the canoe in which the fisherman sat, and Stewart Island (to its south), the anchor that held the canoe so the fisherman could haul in his fish, is it any wonder that...
“Western Movie” Night … at the Museum
For 50 years, Teddy Roosevelt has had his eye on Sacagawea. When Larry, the nightshift guard at Roosevelt’s namesake museum, convinces the former president to act on his feelings, Teddy offers the lovely Lewis and Clark guide a ride on his horse. In 2006’s Night at...
True West July/August 2025
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