From Space to Battlefields: 18 Innovative Devices Designed to Aid the Naked Eye
A look at some 'eye-catching' devices that helped put some important things into focus
Book Review: True Grit
Colorado's Ridgway Western Heritage Society offers John Wayne fans a wide-format, photo-laden 50th anniversary look at the filming of True Grit
The Yank Coastwatcher Who Risked All in the Pacific
During World War II, young American cattle rancher Franklin Nash served as a member of Australia’s covert Coastwatchers
The Mural Art of Fred Haberlein
'Lightning Heart' produced 140 murals, some historical and some religious, over his six-decade career
‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen Turns 100
During the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift this U.S. Air Force transport pilot made a heartfelt decision that became the public relations coup of the Cold War
Michel Paradis: War and Justice
Michel Paradis relates the 1942 Doolittle Raid against Japan, its repercussions and the fates of those who undertook it
Scratchboard Artist Kody Bundy
Bundy connects with horses and Western wildlife in her chosen medium
Guy Stern: War of Words
German-born Guy Stern, 98, a "Ritchie Boy" and Bronze Star recipient, parlayed his language skills into a wartime job interrogating the enemy
Nina Willner: Author, Spy, Advocate
An American whose family suffered behind the Iron Curtain, Willner worked against Soviet totalitarianism as a Cold War intel officer
Mian Situ: Far East to Far West
Born in southern China, the California artist chronicles the Chinese experience in the American West
Elaine Horwitch: The Mother of Southwest Pop
The Tucson Museum of Art honors the art dealer who had a big hand in fostering new Western art
A Winning Essay: Bill Pickett, the Bulldogger
In her winning essay Mayumi Torres, a sixth grader at San Antonio's Pieper Ranch Middle School, profiles Texas-born rodeo legend Bill Pickett
Mark Noah: But Now Am Found
Noah is the founder of History Flight, a nonprofit dedicated to finding and properly interring the remains of missing U.S. service members
Arch and Teddy: First Flight By a U.S. President
A bromance blossomed between Archibald Hoxsey and Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 when the early aviator took TR for a short flight—the first by a U.S. president.
Kyle Carpenter: Worth It
The lance corporal doesn’t recall throwing himself between a buddy and a hand grenade—but investigators confirmed his valor
