Howard Bryan (1920-2011)

Howard Bryan (1920-2011)

Howard Bryan, veteran newspaperman and author of popular books about Old West history, figured he interviewed about 100 Southwest pioneers within 10 years or so after arriving in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1948. Most of the pioneers were at least 85 when Bryan met...
A Wild Time at Wildy Well

A Wild Time at Wildy Well

July 12, 1898 A t around 4 a.m., Doña Ana County Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse are trying to sneak up on murder suspects Oliver Lee and Jim Gililland at Lee’s Wildy Well Ranch, east of the Jarilla Mountains in New Mexico. Lee and Gililland are wanted for the...
Tracking the Texas Rangers

Tracking the Texas Rangers

You’re Riding Shotgun With…               David George, who orchestrated the turnaround of the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in San Antonio, further enhancing this historic museum with a new addition, the Texas Ranger Museum. The Ranger museum houses hundreds of Ranger...
Cowboys & Cowtowns

Cowboys & Cowtowns

You’re Riding Shotgun With…               Orin Friesen, whose passions are the Chisholm Trail, Texas Longhorn cattle, the Pony Express and Kansas history. A serious student of history for more than 50 years, Friesen is the operations manager of the Prairie Rose...
Hardin’s Deadly Tools

Hardin’s Deadly Tools

We’ve long held a fascination for the gunmen of the Wild West, and firearms enthusiasts have been especially interested in the hardware used by them. Unlike most Wild West gunmen, who left behind scarce detailed accounts of the guns they had used during their...