Did frontier women own saloons, like Gunsmoke’s Miss Kitty did?
Susan Mims Barnesville, Georgia Women worked the saloons, dancing or serving drinks or luring male customers upstairs. B…
Rail Barons, Train Palaces, andGreat LocomotivesCelebrate the glory of Western railways and plan a trip into yesteryear.
When Peter Cooper created America’s first steam engine, Tom Thumb, in 1830, he unknowingly built a machine that would be…
Friends or Foes?
It was November 1893, and two men who had fought off the Johnson County (WY) invasion the previous year had it out in the streets of Buffalo. Arapahoe…
Angel of the Mining Camps
Many women came west in the 19th century to pan out some dream but none can match that of a pretty Irish immigrant named…
Lozen, Woman Warrior
“Lozen is my right hand. . . strong as a man, braver than most, and cunning in strategy,” said the Apache leader Victorio about his sister. She also f…
On the Hunt for GeronimoRevealing the truth behind the role of the legendary single-shot Trapdoor Springfield rifle in the Apache Wars.
Five thousand against 140! With Geronimo’s breakout from the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona on May 17, 1885, the U.S.…
Asa Mercer
Asa Mercer left quite the legacy. As a young man, he was one of the early settlers of Seattle—where he helped found and …
A picture hanging in a restaurant in Prescott, Arizona, is labeled, “Wyatt Earp.” Is this a photo of him?
Tom Isler Madera, California I have never seen this photo published in any of the Wyatt Earp biographies; somebody would…
Rail Barons, Train Palaces, and Great LocomotivesCelebrate the glory of Western railways and plan a trip into yesteryear.
Targeting EqualityCommemorating the 150th Year of the Buffalo Soldiers
A True West Writer’s 40-Year Journey
During June 1959, when I was one month shy of turning 15, I noticed a Western magazine on a newsstand called True West. Several other Western magazine…
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