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Return to the Arrowhead

Return to the Arrowhead

by | Mar 13, 2010 | Western Books

Having spent most of his life working on cattle operations in Colorado, Eugene C. Vories writes realistically from experience. In Return to the Arrowhead, Dean Archer and his new bride take a job managing the large and powerful Arrowhead Ranch where Archer was once a...
83 Must-See True West Destinations

83 Must-See True West Destinations

by | Mar 13, 2010 | Travel & Preservation

If you love history and the open road, we have combined the two just for you, complete with comprehensive listings and inside information to give you a leg up on any foreigners (people who live east of the Mississippi). Here is your own personal cheat sheet on 83...
Valuable Vaqueros

Valuable Vaqueros

by | Mar 6, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

On June 19, 1867, the day after Joseph McCoy purchased 250 acres of land in what would become the cowtown of Abilene, Kansas, the last emperor of Mexico was executed by a firing squad. Shortly after the execution of Maximilian I by the forces of Benito Juárez, the...
A Lot of Work for Two Cents

A Lot of Work for Two Cents

by | Mar 6, 2010 | Features & Gunfights

Early in June 1880, census enumerator Charles M. Cantrell came to dwelling number 14 on his list in Davidson County, Tennessee. Cantrell wrote down the names of 40-year-old Ben J. Woodson; his wife Fannie W. aged 27; and their two-year-old son Robert. Next, he wrote...
How common was locoweed poisoning in the Old West?

How common was locoweed poisoning in the Old West?

by | Jan 31, 2010 | Inside History

How common was locoweed poisoning in the Old West? Wesley Egli Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania Loco comes from the Spanish, meaning “mad” or “crazy.” Scientifically, locoweed is any number of plants widespread in the West, some of which contain a neurotoxin. The plant was...