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On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder

On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by | Apr 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation

“As far as I could see, covered wagons stood one beyond another in a long, long line. Behind them and over them, high over half the sky, a yellow wave of dust was curling and coming. My mother said to me, ‘That’s your last sight of Dakota.’” Rose Wilder Lane recorded...
On Her Own

On Her Own

by | Apr 1, 2005 | True Westerners

If your image of a senorita in the Old West is beautiful brown eyes shyly hidden behind a lace fan, then you’ve never heard of Juana Briones—a senorita who belied all the stereotypes and taught the American government a thing or two. Although her name is not widely...
“The Devil Always Gets the Best Lines”

“The Devil Always Gets the Best Lines”

by | Mar 1, 2005 | Western Movies

There’s something comforting about being on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, up in Newhall, California. Passing through the gate and onto the lot, there’s a real familiarity to the place, even if the boulders are hollow, affixed in the back with crossed timbers, and the...
The Other Six-Gun

The Other Six-Gun

by | Mar 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture

In sheer numbers alone, the Remington 1861 New Model Army revolver’s record of service is impressive. The U.S. Ordnance Department purchased 115,563 Remington .44 caliber percussion six-guns, representing 31 percent of all revolvers purchased by the federal government...
Following the Arkansas River

Following the Arkansas River

by | Nov 1, 2004 | Travel & Preservation

I’m driving around Wichita, Kansas, looking for the Arkansas River and I can’t find it. That is probably because I’m pronouncing it like the state of Arkansas (with a “saw” at the end) and I find out the people around Kansas pronounce it like their state. Now that I...