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An Outlaw’s Poet

An Outlaw’s Poet

by | Sep 1, 2006 | Western Books

When he was 13 years old, poet Red Shuttleworth came to a realization about the Old West. While on a school field trip in 1958 to the Jewish Cemetery in Colma, California, it hit Red that the legendary West didn’t happen a long time before. The West reached into the...
Island of Rotting Horses, 1868

Island of Rotting Horses, 1868

by | Sep 1, 2006 | Western Books

You probably remember the story of Lt. John Dunbar. During the Civil War, he goes crazy—and somehow rallies Union troops to a victory. Army commanders reward him by sending him to the post of his choice—one on the Western frontier that turns out to be abandoned. He...
Passin’ Through Louis L’Amour Land

Passin’ Through Louis L’Amour Land

by | Jul 1, 2006 | Travel & Preservation

He sat motionless, starin’ ahead, aware of everythin’ around him. In this country, patience meant survival. Too often, the first to move became the first to die. Crossin’ U.S. 550 can be a bitch. Seein’ a quick openin’, he gunned across the intersection and found his...
Oklahoma’s 101 Ranch

Oklahoma’s 101 Ranch

by | Jul 1, 2006 | Features & Gunfights

                  In 1879, Col. George Washington Miller with son, Joe, then age 11, rode across the Cherokee Outlet, looking for rangeland where they could run cattle. Miller, originally from Kentucky, had already...
Dude! Where’s My Ranch?

Dude! Where’s My Ranch?

by | Jul 1, 2006 | True Westerners

Teddy Roosevelt knew what he was talking about. To appreciate properly his fine, manly qualities, the wild rough-rider of the plains should be seen in his own home. There he passes his days, there he does his life-work, there, when he meets death, he faces it as he...