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Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)

Best Reads (And They Aren’t All Westerns)

by | Jul 1, 2007 | Western Books

“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

by | Jul 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation

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

by | Jul 1, 2007 | Travel & Preservation

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...
Month of Atonement

Month of Atonement

by | Jun 2, 2007 | Western Movies

This must be the month of atonement because culpability for ancient and unaddressed sins is the overriding theme of the summer, on TV and in the movies. It’s no stretch to imagine that the creators of these works mean them to reflect on our current activities as a...
One Hell-Firin’ Minute of Smokin’ Action

One Hell-Firin’ Minute of Smokin’ Action

by | Jun 2, 2007 | Inside History

August 22, 1891 Deputy Ed Short has learned that the ill man lodging at the Rock Island Railroad hotel in Hennessey, Oklahoma, is none other than “Black-Faced” Charley Bryant, an extremely dangerous member of the Dalton outlaw gang currently terrorizing the territory....