Road to DestinyGlen Sample Ely’s The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail sets a new standard in transportation history, and new books Old West fans will enjoy about the Pecos River, Stagecoach Mary, Baz Outlaw and Fort Bascom.
Roads and highways, from the Appian Way to Route 66, have been romanticized and mythologized through the eras, celebrate…
George Parsons: Tombstone Insider
Much of what we know about the colorful characters of Tombstone is thanks to George Whitwell Parsons. An Easterner who w…
The Noble Trickster
He is a troublemaker, a transformer and a noble trickster. He is also the prince of chaos. In legend, the Coyote is revered by many In-din tribes bec…
A Holdup for the AgesThe Reno Gang’s first train robbery set the stage for the Wild West’s robber bands of brothers.
Just after 6:30 p.m. on October 6, 1866, two passengers aboard an Ohio & Mississippi train put on pasteboard masks…
The Storied Hashknife
With the arrival of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in 1881 Holbrook, located at the junction of the Rio Puerco and Little Colorado River in north…
What do you have to say about my favorite movie cowboy, Lash LaRue?
Larry Harris Alexandria, Virginia I used to devour those Lash LaRue comics when I was about 10 or 11. He was quite the s…
Building Your Western Library: Mike CoxTexas Author Recounts Best in Ranger History.
Third-generation journalist Mike Cox was born in Amarillo and raised in Austin. After 20 years of working for newspapers…
The Apache Scouts
One of the smartest strategic moves by the Frontier Army during the Indian Wars was to enlist Natives as scouts. On the …
The Reel Walk DownsThe walk that never ends.
Behan’s LiesWhen Johnny Behan changed his story, he transformed the historical view of the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral.
The Walk Down
It was the most famous stroll in American history. Neither fast nor slow. Purposeful, with a sense of intimidation. It has been memorialized on film n…
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