The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills On July 2, 1874, George Armstrong Custer led a surveying expedition of around 1,000 men, 110 wagons and hundreds of head of mules, horses and cattle from Fort Abraham Lincoln into the...
Frontier Colossus
A look back at the legendary Texas cowboy who transformed the American Southwest He almost single- handedly created the cattle industry, invented the chuck wagon, was an innovator for modern irrigation, helped save the buffalo from potential extinction, fought...
Best of the West 2025: Heritage Travel
The American West in All Its Glory Our annual favorites list celebrates destinations across the Western United States. Along blue highways to endless vistas, starry nights to warming sunrises, a trip across the American West—in winter, spring, summer or fall—is sure...
One Hell-Firin’ Minute of Smokin’ Action
Deputy Ed Short vs. Black-Faced Charley Bryant Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker. Based on the research of Robert DeArment. Deputy Ed Short has learned that the ill man lodging at the Rock Island Railroad hotel in Henn-essey, Oklahoma, is none other than...
True West September/October 2025
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