by Johnny D. Boggs | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is surreal-and, no, I’m not stoned on peyote. I’m at a Cache, Oklahoma, trading post, a 1970s-era cinderblock building full of … well, not quite the selection of Indian crafts you’d find at a Navajo reservation trading post. A rusty sign points the way to...
by Allen Barra | Oct 24, 2010 | Western Movies
Note to aspiring filmmakers: If you’re looking for a film school, give Raoul Walsh’s curriculum a try. It’s called Life. Before he was old enough to vote, Walsh had already seen more adventure than most filmmakers do in a lifetime. He was born in New...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Oct 24, 2010 | Travel & Preservation
Hmmm. Several years back, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department created the Cheyenne Heritage Trail, a 400-plus-mile route featuring 10 stops and two “drive-by” sites in western Oklahoma that played key roles in the history of the Southern Cheyenne Indians....
by Dr. Jim Kornberg | Oct 24, 2010 | Inside History
Dust storms undoubtedly inspired heroic resolve in some pioneers committed to the land, while causing madness, disease and disability in those less able to cope with this chaotic distuption of their lives. The dust from such storms will vary in composition and...
by Bob Boze Bell | Oct 1, 2010 | Inside History
October 28, 1884 While visiting Upper Frisco Plaza in western Socorro County, New Mexico, 19-year-old Elfego Baca is asked to arrest a drunken cowboy, 22-year-old Charles McCarty, for firing his pistol in Milligan’s saloon. The cowboy shoots the unarmed Baca’s hat...