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Standing Up for Liberty Valance

Standing Up for Liberty Valance

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Western Movies

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) is the last truly important movie in the career of director John Ford. As Liberty Valance begins, the period we see in the film is roughly the same time that Ford first began making Westerns, in the second decade of the 20th...
Lawton, Oklahoma

Lawton, Oklahoma

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Travel & Preservation

Fort Sill is the first place that comes to mind when I think of Lawton, Oklahoma. Especially during the month of May, which is when, in 1871, a wagon train loaded with corn was attacked by Kiowa chiefs on the road between Montana’s Fort Belknap and Texas’s Fort...
Cowboy Bunkhouse

Cowboy Bunkhouse

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture

Dee Steed was born in Wyoming’s Star Valley; he knocked around Wyoming with his cowboy father, worked cows himself and spent six years on the rodeo circuit. He hit the circuit finals a few times, even broke into the top 15 cowboys, and he was willing to climb on all...
Old West Foods in the 21st Century

Old West Foods in the 21st Century

by | 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...
Miles and Miles of Miles City

Miles and Miles of Miles City

by | 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...