Book Review: American Disruptor
Roland De Wolk tackles the life, times and scandals of transcontinental railroad mover Leland Stanford
On-Screen Review: First Cow
Writer-director Kelly Reichardt relates the offbeat tale of frontier roomies and a cow they milk for profit
601 Reasons Not to Set Fires
When arsonists targeted Virginia City, Nevada, in early 1871, the 601 Vigilance Committee took decisive action
October 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, actor Buck Taylor, Western cavalrymen and deadly gunfights
Letter From Wild West — October 2020
Unlike the heroic cowboys of 1950s big- and small-screen fame, the Cowboys in real-life Tombstone, Arizona Territory, were badmen
Book Review: The Life and Art of Joseph Henry Sharp
A look at the work of Joseph Henry Sharp, a founding member of the preeminent Taos Society of Artists
Book Review: An American Remembrance
This retrospective takes in the soft-focus realism of painter and Wild West contributor Bob Crofut
Book Review: Texas Ranger Lee Hall
Chuck Lyons draws a bead on Lee Hall, among the most adventurous of the legendary Texas Rangers
Book Review: Revolver
Jim Rasenberger reveals Sam Colt, the man behind the namesake iconic American firearm, warts and all
Norton I, America’s First Emperor: Fraud or Genius?
Norton I, Emperor of the United States, was San Francisco's favorite benign fraudster
How Oscar Wilde Captured America’s Fancy
Oscar Wilde came to conquer American with an arched eyebrow and a saucy demeanor
Book Review: The Whites Want Every Thing
Will Bagley assesses the last of the frontier Indian clashes fought between the Mormon arrival in 1847 and Brigham Young's 1877 death
Book Review: Here Lies Billy the Kid
David Turk plumbs the life of Billy the Kid, from his mysterious origins to the fight over his remains
Book Review: Massacre in Minnesota
Gary Clayton Anderson shares a new perspective on the roots of the 1862 Dakota War
August 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about the 1885 Frog Lake Massacre, guns of the Johnson County War, the prairie, bison and Theodore Roosevelt
When the Swartz Brothers Shot Texas
The Swartz brothers, the Lone Star State’s first family of photographers, proved their worth in Fort Worth
