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...
Month of Atonement
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
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....
Loping Along the Guest Ranch Trail, Dude
The 4×4 pickup slides in the mud as Patricia Chesser and I head toward the branding corrals on the Burnt Well Guest Ranch outside of Roswell, New Mexico. She has spent most of her life on this ranch, bringing up two children with husband Kim, who was born at...
True West September/October 2025
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