A Colonel’s Secret Weapon

A Colonel’s Secret Weapon

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...
North to Montana

North to Montana

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...
Burning Through Texas

Burning Through Texas

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...
Winfield Scott: The Fighting Parson

Winfield Scott: The Fighting Parson

 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...
Fantastic Firearms in Cody

Fantastic Firearms in Cody

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...