Everyone loves the Edward Curtis Indians,” Sioux scholar Vine Deloria Jr. famously declared in the introduction for Chr…
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Lost Photo of Crook’s Scout Discovered? An unseen stereoview by John Campbell Burge opens up the discussion.
John Campbell Burge is one of my favorite Territorial Arizona photographers. Though his work is less common than other e…
Where Cowboy Hats Rule! In the West’s most Western towns, cowboy hats—for men and women—still rule the day.
“Howdy, Tex!” True West’s Bob Boze Bell has traveled the world wearing his signature cowboy hat. From France to Thailan…
The Truth about Wild Bill Myths have shrouded the West’s deadliest gunfighter. It’s time to re-evaluate those legends.
Like most Old West icons, gunfighter “Wild Bill” Hickok is shrouded in myths. He likely started many of them. A teller o…
Custer and Hostages The different rules of conduct that worked—until the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
In December 1868, George Armstrong Custer peered down at a beautiful, freckle- faced white woman frozen in the snow. Cla…
Highways to History Ramble your way back in time on these ten historic Old West “bucket list” road trips.
From the earliest days of conquistadors, explorers, fur trappers and pioneer settlers, the vast grandeur of the American…
Crazy Facts You Never Knew About Custer’s Last Stand Ranging from George Custer's Buckskins to Tom Custer’s battlefield book.
Tragically dying on June 25, 1876, with his men at his last battle, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has lived on as an …
Fame, Fortune and a Snowball’s Chance in Hell How an Arizona cowhand bested Tom Horn and became an international roping sensation.
In the summer of 1882, Cibecue Apaches were smoldering over the U.S. Army killing Medicine Man Nockaydetklinne the previ…
From Frontier Soldier to Peacemaking President U.S. Grant and the West.
On March 4, 1869, a rather unlikely candidate took his oath of office as the eighteenth president of the United States. …
In Wine There Is Truth
The most celebrated duel in recent Western films wasn’t fought with guns or bowie knives, but words: in 1993’s Tombstone…