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Braggin’ Rights

Braggin’ Rights

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Departments, Old West Saviors

“Most people don’t realize the depth and the breadth of the museum,” Price says. If your Mama told you not to brag, you probably didn’t grow up in Texas—a state where size does matter. After all, it was No. 1 until Alaska came along. But bragging rights are deserved...
San Angelo, Texas

San Angelo, Texas

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Departments, True Western Towns

The rush of westbound settlers after the Civil War led to the founding of Fort Concho in 1867. With military protection, a settlement sprouted around a trading post across the North Concho River. The area got a boost in 1888 when the Santa Fe railroad came through....
The Wonders Of The West

The Wonders Of The West

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Features & Gunfights

From the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., to the National Park Service’s Iñupiat Heritage Center above the Arctic Circle in Barrow, Alaska, the history of the American West has been collected, saved, curated, displayed and interpreted in just about every...
If the State Won’t Do It

If the State Won’t Do It

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Departments, Old West Saviors

Rebuild it or demolish it—that’s been the tipping point for many historic facilities in the West that haven’t had all the tender love and care they deserve. Thankfully for New Mexico’s legendary Fort Bayard, there are some pretty determined folks dedicated to...
Born to the West

Born to the West

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Western Books & Movies, Western Movies

Robert Carradine remembers, “After all of us went into [acting]—my brother David, brother Keith, myself, my half-brother Michael Bowen, my daughter Ever, Keith’s daughter Martha Plimpton—my father remarked that he’d created a dynasty.” Said father was John Carradine,...