Burt Mossman’s Rangers Part 1
Burt Mossman was Governor Murphy’s choice to be the first captain of the Arizona Rangers. The rawhide-tough cowman had made quite a reputation for himself when he ran the famous Hash knife outfit in northern Arizona. Mossman’s life reads like something...
Birth of the Arizona Rangers
Arizona greeted the 20th Century as a frontier Jekyll and Hyde. On one hand, communities like Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson were becoming modern cities. Churches and schools outnumbered the bawdy houses and saloons, a sure sign that civilization was making progress....
Imagining the West
Western art historian Larry Len Peterson has reached new heights in The American West Imagined: Gems from the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction (The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Sweetgrass Books, an imprint of Farcountry Press, $84). The book has everything under one cover for...
The Most Well-Known Unknown Western Illustrator
A.R. Mitchell’s paintings are so “moving.” His name won’t trip off the tongue, but everyone knows his images: If the horses aren’t bucking, they’re seriously considering it; if the cowboy is still in the saddle, it’s because the next jolt hasn’t...
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