by Derek Catron | Nov 15, 2016 | Features & Gunfights
As the small train of wagons drew within sight of Fort Phil Kearny, the weary travelers rejoiced. “I could have clapped my hands for joy,” one wrote of the moment. On the wind-blown hill overlooking the fort, a picket guard waved a signal flag to announce their...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Nov 9, 2016 | Departments, Renegade Roads
Ever wondered what kind of man would risk making a cattle drive from Texas to Montana and not even reach Virginia City until December? Turns out John B. Catlin answered that question back in 1912. “Even after three years on the skirmish line in the Civil War, I had...
by Mike Coppock | Oct 28, 2016 | Features & Gunfights
To burn through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico was a vision that came to Chief Buffalo Hump that captured the imagination of his people. During the Republic of Texas’s decade-long reign as an independent sovereignty in North America, the Comanche became the only American...
by | Oct 26, 2016 | True West Blog
Most people around “The West’s Most Western Town” of Scottsdale, Arizona think of their founder, Winfield Scott as a God-fearing preacher and former Army chaplain. He was all that but he was also a fearless leader of men, fighting in some of the bloodiest battles in...
by Phil Spangenberger | Oct 20, 2016 | Features & Gunfights
Loved and respected by royalty as well as the common man, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody embodied the spirit of the American frontier and was our country’s first superstar. Pony Express rider, bull whacker, teamster, buffalo hunter, army scout and Wild West...