October 2013 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. ART & ANTIQUES SHOWS Antiques show at the Millicent Rogers Taos, NM, October 11-13: Collectors and dealers offer lectures and appraisals at this showcase of antique dealers from across the country....
The Beef Craze
Nothing says the American West better than the word beef. The beef craze of the 1860s-80s inspired pioneers to create new recipes. The cattle trade forged paths like the Chisholm Trail and brought about barbed wire, an increased number of railways and farmers...
Butter Me Up
“Mother said to father, while on the train and looking at the herds of cattle through the window: ‘We can be sure of one item of food and that is milk.’” Yet when 12-year-old James Mathis migrated with his family from Arkansas to Grandpa John’s cattle ranch in...
On the Trail of Solomon Butcher
Solomon Butcher first saw Nebraska in 1880 when he claimed homestead land in northeast Custer County. He had been working in Ohio as a traveling salesman, but joined his father, brother George and brother-in-law J.R. Wabel when they migrated from Illinois to Custer...
True West July/August 2025
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