From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West. I remember my...
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Arizona
Kingman Kin
Here’s a classic film story that involves my hometown, Kingman, the Hotel Beale and my shirttail kin. As the story goes, Buster Keaton was...
Tragic Powwow
The Apache Kid vs Al Sieber, Then Everyone in Arizona Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker Based on the research of Dr. Sam Palmer, Dan Thrapp, Lynda...
Lost Pick Mine
Arizona’s rugged central mountains, with their brawny mountains and twisting, boulder-choked canyons were a perfect place to lose a mine. Coronado’s...
Shooting Photographs and Bullets
C.S. Fly’s brief career as a lawman makes a sorry tale. In 1894, C.S. “Buck” Fly decided to take on a new challenge. The famed Tombstone...
Zane Grey’s Arizona and New Mexico
A backroads tour of the Western author’s two favorite states leads to small towns, historic sites and awe-inspiring natural wonders. ...
The Best Smirk in the West
You only have to look at the smirk on Sharlot Hall’s face to know she just bested nasty men who thought women didn’t belong in photos like this—the...
An Arizona Adventure
The Earp brothers’ trail from Prescott to Tombstone is a treasure trove of historic sites. Wyatt Earp, his lawmen brothers and Doc Holliday are best...
The Rollaway Saloon
The folks living along the Arizona-Utah border are known far and wide as a resourceful bunch who resent authorities who interfere with their...
Cave Creek, Arizona
Horses and Harleys merge “Where the West Lives” in the Old West suburb of metro Phoenix. Scottsdale, which has gotten too big for its...
Saloon Etiquette
The men of the West These private men of the West were also accustomed to inquiring of another man’s first name only. With their varied and often...
Moses H. Sherman
Moses Hazeltine Sherman is a great example of the many bright young men who saw the opportunities in the Arizona Territory in the late 1800’s. He...