‘The ‘Sneaken’est Man’ Book Review
Jim Harmon presents short stories of Montana people and places drawn from newspapers of yesteryear
‘Jo Mora’ Book Review
Peter Hiller profiles Jo Mora, the Uruguayan-born artist who left a legacy of art in various media across the American West
Jo Mora: The Western Artist From Well South of the Border
Uruguayan-born Mora cowboyed, lived with the Hopis and captured the American West in paintings, sculpture and words
‘Augustine Chacón’ Book Review
David Grassé plumbs the records to separate the myth from facts about Arizona outlaw Augustine Chacón
‘From the River to the Sea’ Book Review
John Sedgwick describes the race between railroad barons of the American West to reach the Pacific Coast with tracks
Were Black People ‘Scarce’ in the West? Hardly — As These Books Show
Black men, women and children had a place in the American West from the earliest days on the frontier
John Muir’s Nearly Fatal Summit of Mount Shasta
Caught in a Mount Shasta blizzard, the Scottish-born mountaineer and a companion resorted to extraordinary measures
‘Terror on the Santa Fe Trail’ Book Review
Doug Hocking, who grew up on New Mexico's Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, relates the war this little-known band waged along the Santa Fe Trail
They Shoot Cowboys, Don’t They? Earps Take on Biggest Gang in Arizona
The outlaw band known as the Cowboys operated freely in Arizona Territory—until the Earp brothers and a friend named ‘Doc’ called their bluff
‘Bison’ Book Review
Photographer Audrey Hall and collaborator Chase Reynolds Ewald present a paean to the iconic American buffalo of the Western plains
Theodore Waddell: Cheatgrass Dreams Come True
The artist puts a modernist touch on paintings of cattle, sheep, horses and other creatures of the northern Rockies
‘Texas Jack’ Book Review
Matthew Kerns sets out to prove that little-remembered Texas Jack Omohundro, a pal of Buffalo Bill Cody, epitomized the 19th century cowboy
December 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about General O.O. Howard, the Indian wars, the Boonslick Road and firearms out West
‘Cheyenne Summer’ Book Review
Terry Mort relates the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island after introducing the participants, namely the Cheyennes, the U.S. Army and Colorado Territory civilians
Letter From Wild West — December 2021
Like Jesse James, Billy the Kid brought notoriety to his home state — but also welcome attention from curious tourists
