Blazing the Trail for Remington
In 1882, Harpers Weekly, a very popular pictorial periodical of the Victorian era, purchased some sketches from a budding illustrator named Frederic Remington. Within a decade, the then-obscure picture maker/reporter was well on his way to international acclaim,...
The Long Journey Home
Like a hive of angry wasps! The Apaches were more than fighting mad over the white men invading their country. Their reaction was like hurling a spear into a huge hive of angry wasps. Of course, the Mescaleros were trying to protect their lands and especially their...
The Art of the West
Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other,” Western artist/illustrator N.C. Wyeth said. Yet Wyeth (1882-1945) made a career doing both, leaving a legacy and a record of the American West. What’s the difference between an artist...
Big Nose Kate’s Story, in Her Own Words
The old woman was in a familiar town. She and her lover had lived in Prescott, Arizona Territory, back in 1879-’80. Now, 55 years later, she lived in the Arizona Pioneers’ Home in Prescott, and she was telling her story to a college history professor. And what a...
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