by Stuart Rosebrook | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
“I’m riding Old Paint, I’m Leading Old Dan. I’m going to Montana just to throw the Houlihan. They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw. Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw.…” In Howard Hawks’s 1948 Western, Red River, Harry “Dobe” Carey...
by Bill Markley | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
North Dakota is nicknamed the Roughrider State after Theodore Roosevelt’s 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. TR (folks didn’t call him Teddy to his face) loved North Dakota. Tour western North Dakota, and you will understand why TR said if he were given the choice to...
by Sherry Monahan | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Saloon openings are all the rage. The Oriental is simply gorgeous and is pronounced the finest place of the kind this side of San Francisco.” “The bar is a marvel of beauty; the sideboards were made for the Baldwin Hotel; the gaming room connected is...
by Julie Mankin | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ever heard of Elias Whitcomb? The Old West is full of brave Indian fighters who settled our country, yet never made dime novels or campfire songs. Whitcomb was one who escaped notoriety despite his outrageous exploits and tight links with notorious killers enshrined...
by C. Courtney Joyner | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
The success of FX’s Justified, created by Graham Yost from Elmore Leonard’s short story “Fire in the Hole,” is by now as familiar as Raylan Given’s Cattleman’s-style hat crafted by Baron Hats. A high-quality hit from the get-go, Justified is populated with Leonard’s...