by | Feb 1, 2007 | Features & Gunfights
The men and women of the Old West are among the most cherished figures in Americana—the symbols of the making of a country and of hard work, honest determination, elemental existence, rugged independence and self-reliance. The frontier provided a place where a man or...
by TW Editors | Nov 1, 2006 | Western Books
If you ask an Average Joe who has any inkling about Western history to name a series in the genre, he’s most likely going to name the Time-Life Old West series—a 26-volume set ranging from the “Cowboys” to the “End and the Myth.” But compiling the best of the West...
by Jana Bommersbach | Oct 2, 2006 | True Westerners
They called her the “Saint of Cabora” and “Queen of the Yaquis.” Some saw her as the Mexican Joan of Arc. A dictator thought her “the most dangerous girl in Mexico” and ordered her exiled to Arizona Territory; indeed, her name was the battle cry of a doomed...
by twadmin | Oct 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture
Readers’ Choice – Here are the winners of our “2006 Best of the West.” Sit back and see if your pick made the list. Best Living Contemporary Western Artist Thom Ross This San Francisco native-turned-Seattle resident keeps pushing the envelope....
by Jana Bommersbach | May 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation
There was a time in the Old West when the arrival of the railroad was as exciting as it got—the coming of the train was much anticipated and joyfully celebrated. Without it, your community was reached only by horseback, a crowded stagecoach or a lumbering farm wagon....