Following Billy the Kid

Following Billy the Kid

Tracking the legend across Arizona and New Mexico is still an adventure. It’s easy to start a travel story when you know where your subject was born. Mark Twain? Florida, Missouri. Billy the Kid …? “Billy the Kid was reportedly born all over the world,” says Melody...
Wyoming Cowboy Cuisine

Wyoming Cowboy Cuisine

From beef steak to bear sign donuts, the state is well-known for its bunkhouse fare. Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State, and cattle ranches dotted its landscape. Where there were cows, there were cowboys. They had their own language and culture, and their influence...
The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror

How the Osage murders in Oklahoma in the 1920s led to the rise of the FBI At three in the morning an explosion rocked the small Oklahoma town of Fairfax in Osage County. Five gallons of nitroglycerin had been used to blow up the Smith home, killing Osage tribal member...