Does “cookie” refer to cook?

Does “cookie” refer to cook?

Does “cookie” refer to cook? Thuy An Carefree, Arizona Ramon F. Adams’s Western Words lists “cookie” as one of the names for a range cook. Cook in Spanish is cocinero, so he was sometimes called that or “coosie.” Another name included “Old Woman.” The cook was the...
The Biggest Buffalo Buff

The Biggest Buffalo Buff

Buffalo are still roaming the American West—even in Arizona. Outside the buffalo wildlife ranges in Raymond, east of Flagstaff, and House Rock, east of the North Kaibab, you can find an Arizona tribute to the “greatest icon that ever lived” in Navajo County. If Gary...
The Outlaw Trail

The Outlaw Trail

The two riders pounded the trails and roads of eastern Utah on that late April afternoon in 1897. They kept up a quick pace—had to, since they were being trailed by a bunch of guys armed with guns and questions. Questions like “Where do you think you’re going with...
Opulence, Your Name is Cheyenne

Opulence, Your Name is Cheyenne

As in the Cheyenne Club—the private cattlemen’s club in Wyoming Territory that was “over the top” in every way. It sat like a beacon on Seventeenth Street in Cheyenne, and was about the most lush and exclusive club in the nation. It was a grand, 3-story building...
Idaho Celebrates 125 Years of Statehood

Idaho Celebrates 125 Years of Statehood

Idaho marks a century and a quarter of statehood in 2015 and while much has happened to define the state during the past 125 years, the landscape remains much the same. The mountain ranges and rivers that form the northern half of the state mean it can still be a...