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 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...
Billy the Irish
An intriguing clue comes from Clark Hust, a cowboy who had worked as a boy for Pat Coghlan, an Irish immigrant rancher in Tularosa, New Mexico. Coghlan was born in Ireland in 1822 and moved to New York City when he was 26; he drove his first cattle to New Mexico in...
What kind of restaurants existed in the Old West?
What kind of restaurants existed in the Old West? Rick Green Scottsdale, Arizona Frontier Fare columnist Sherry Monahan has researched Old West restaurants for her books, most notably Taste of Tombstone. Every town had at least one restaurant, and meals were also...
True West March/April 2025
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