The Doomed Prince of the Pistoleers

The Doomed Prince of the Pistoleers

James Butler Hickok, born on a farm in northern Illinois in 1837, leaves home at age 18, gravitating to Kansas Territory, with his brother Lorenzo, in 1856. James works at various frontier jobs, including teamster and stage driver. Within the next 20 years, he will...
The Unbroken Peace Treaty

The Unbroken Peace Treaty

The young warriors of the Penateka Comanche tribe, several hundreds of them, lined up on one side of their camping ground along the San Saba River in Texas, opposite the women and children on the other. In the center of this array, the three head chiefs, Buffalo Hump,...
Western Events for March 2016

Western Events for March 2016

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOWS Panhandle Plains Invitational Art Show & Sale Canyon, TX, March 5: Contemporary Southwestern art, such as Cow Country by H.D. Bugbee, goes on sale to raise money for the Panhandle-Plains...
Best of the West 2016: Art & Collectibles

Best of the West 2016: Art & Collectibles

“Now began the real work….Rawhide ‘riatas’ were taken down, and a man rode into the bunch swinging the loop round his head like clockwork. All at once he let it go, carelessly it seemed, so sudden was it; a quick turn or two round the horn of his Spanish saddle,...
Best of the West 2016: Western Books

Best of the West 2016: Western Books

The original hero of publishing, Johannes Gutenberg would be amazed at the state of books in 2015…and I dare say he would love it. Despite cries from all corners about the death of the book, the publishing of Western books remains dynamic. Publishers—large and small,...