by Sherry Monahan | Apr 1, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture
Imagine yourself sitting in a restaurant somewhere in the Old West. You order oatmeal, biscuits and chocolate for breakfast. Nope—not a candy bar. “Chocolate” was a popular beverage in the 1800s and was served right along with coffee. When your meal arrived, it may...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Apr 1, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture
Everybody loves Montana, and what’s not to love (except, well, maybe Butte)? Flathead Lake and Glacier National Park. Deer Lodge and Livingston. Big Hole and Big Sky; Bozeman and Bannack. Ford’s Drive-in in Great Falls and Parrot Confectionery Store in Helena. Artist...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Apr 1, 2009 | Travel & Preservation
Our third annual awards honoring this year’s top museums based on their grand showcases of the American West in the previous year. 1- Great Platte River Road Archway Kearney, Nebraska We opted for a little brass, a lot of sass and a ton of vision with our...
by Charley Engel | Apr 1, 2009 | Travel & Preservation
My wife Dana and I rode into the heart of the Alabama Hills, a place I had been to thousands of times in my 50-plus years, even though I’d never set foot here before. Situated west of Lone Pine, California, in the beautiful but stark Owens Valley, the Alabama Hills...
by Seabring Davis | Mar 12, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture
It took a decade to find the property that Mike and Amy Bennett envisioned: a classic little log building not unlike the trailside museum at the confluence of the Madison and Gibbon Rivers in Yellowstone National Park, with a little stream out back, a meadow and lots...