Silver City Shoot-Out

Silver City Shoot-Out

March 10, 1884 After an exercise break, prisoners Frank Taggart, Mitch Lee and Kit Joy overpower two guards at the jail in Silver City, New Mexico, and procure four six-shooters, a Winchester, a double-barreled shotgun, a Bowie knife, gunbelts and about 150 rounds of...
Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)

Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)

“Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers,” said Steven Spielberg, the man who first revealed his instinct for a good story with 1971’s Duel. So who better to tell our readers the best reads ever than writers who have made their own transition...
Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)

Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)

“Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers,” said Steven Spielberg, the man who first revealed his instinct for a good story with 1971’s Duel. So who better to tell our readers the best reads ever than writers who have made their own transition...
Mining Vs. Ranching

Mining Vs. Ranching

They call it “the richest hell on earth.” Excuse me … hill, not hell. I’m on that scenic and historic stretch of Interstate 90 in Montana’s “Gold West” Country, showing my bias against “mining” and for “ranching.” But I’ve been asked to stop in at Butte and give...
Mining Vs. Ranching

Mining Vs. Ranching

They call it “the richest hell on earth.” Excuse me … hill, not hell. I’m on that scenic and historic stretch of Interstate 90 in Montana’s “Gold West” Country, showing my bias against “mining” and for “ranching.” But I’ve been asked to stop in at Butte and give...