Tiger Woods and Buffalo Bill Cody are men who thought monogamy was a type of wood. They were legendary talents with flaws who were eager to...
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What History Has Taught Me
Jeff Hildebrandt
The essence of a great Western, to me, is John Wayne. I think his characters and the stories told, for the most part, convey the myth of the...
Lynda A. Sanchez
The Lincoln County War comes alive at Fort Stanton through the ghosts that roam the nearby hills and the buildings on the parade ground. The...
Caleb Fox
"Redskin on one side of the mountain, redskin on the other" is what my aunts told me when I was a teen. My Cherokee family came to Arkansas on what...
Gary Ernest Smith
I grew up on a ranch in northeastern Oregon. Each season brought with it its designated work responsibilities. The work seemed endless. As a boy, it...
R.W. Hampton
I will always be a cowboy at heart. I worked hard to “earn my spurs”; I feel proud knowing that I rode with that special tribe, and they called me...
Ken Spurgeon
William Quantrill makes me angry and curious. A part of me roots against him and wishes for his demise. Another part of me is incredibly curious as...
Vince Murray
The problem with Arizona is most of the people who live here are from somewhere else. They don’t feel connected to the place and compare what we...
Steve Shaw
I reluctantly acquiesced to my wife Marcie’s idea that we take a steamboat cruise on the Mississippi River in 1998; I assumed it would...
Mark Lemon
Don't get me started on respected Alamo artists who pompously sit on their laurels, let their research stagnate and then come unglued after viewing...
Nate Funmaker
When people come into my store, many are surprised to meet me. One customer said to me, “I’m thinkin I’m going to see a 60-year-old Jewish guy...
Frank Weller
Rescuing a horse from slaughter gives you a special feeling. The horses say it best in their thanks to us, but it goes far beyond each rescued foal...