Townful of Santas

Townful of Santas

Minden bills itself as “Nebraska’s Christmas City,” stringing 15,000 lights throughout its town square to seal the deal. But to know why this town of just 3,000 deserves to wear the heart and spirit of Christmas, then the story of a giving and generous community...
Reading, Writing and Riding with Spur Award-Winner Rod Miller

Reading, Writing and Riding with Spur Award-Winner Rod Miller

Reading, writing and riding might be Rod Miller’s life mantra. A fourth-generation Utah native, the former college and PRCA cowboy grew up in Goshen. His father was a working cowboy and ranch manager, and Rod spent many hours on horseback helping to manage the...
22 Guns that Won the West!

22 Guns that Won the West!

The “Gun That Won the West” is a subject that many firearms and Old West aficionados love to discuss and debate. Was the so-called West-winning gun given this coveted title because of the great numbers in which it was produced, or for the work it accomplished? Or was...
The Australian Jesse James

The Australian Jesse James

Can a film be a Western if the story takes place on the other side of the globe? Writer-Director Matthew Holmes makes a convincing case. “In the ‘Wild West’ period, Australia and America had the same things happening at the same time—gold rushes, outlaws, lawmen, the...
Reverend Peabody Comes to Tombstone

Reverend Peabody Comes to Tombstone

In Tombstone in early 1882, the Reverend Endicott Peabody, a recent arrival from Boston preached a sermon titled The Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Cattle A cowboy who happened to be a well-known cattle thief took umbrage at the...