Jeff Kidder vs. Naco Policia

Jeff Kidder vs. Naco Policia

April 3, 1908 Arizona Ranger Jeff Kidder rides into Naco, Arizona, to renew his commission. Upon finding out that Capt. Harry Wheeler is chasing outlaws in the Chiricahua Mountains, Kidder crosses the border to “meet friends.” Removing his gunbelt, Kidder sticks into...
Alpine, Texas

Alpine, Texas

The wilds of West Texas’s Big Bend region have always been a crossroads of history, from the Spanish explorations of the 1600s to Comanche raids against settlers. In 1917, Woodrow Wilson sent troops to deal with incursions by Mexican soldiers during that country’s...
Pillars of the Plains

Pillars of the Plains

Two of the most recognized women in the Old West are Sacajawea and Elizabeth Custer and both of them have stories tied to the history of western North Dakota. Their stories are just two of many connected to this Great Plains landscape. Captain William Clark and...
Smoke in Our Eyes

Smoke in Our Eyes

The very first feature-length movie made in Hollywood, Cecil B. DeMille’s 1914 film The Squaw Man, was an Indian-centered Western, and D.W. Griffith was making films like The Red Man’s View five years earlier. Whether factual or fantasy, Indian Westerns have a long,...