‘Geronimo & Sitting Bull’ Book Review
In this third volume of the Legendary West series author Bill Markley compares the iconic Chiricahua Apache and Lakota Sioux leaders
A Grave Legacy: Burial Sites of the Western & Famous
Even in death legendary Westerners were dogged by a sordid collection of grave robbers, relic hunters, politicians and lawyers
Driven Out By Railroads, Steamboats Rolled Big Profits on the Colorado River
Facing being pushed out by booming railroad companies, steamboats banked on making the Colorado, a desert river, the Mississippi of the West
‘Aces and Eights’ Book Review
Ralph Estes deals up a lighthearted history of poker in the Old West and the legendary figures who played it
David Thomas: Zeroing in on Southern New Mexico
The well-traveled historian writes about Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and other Mesilla Valley characters
‘Buffalo Bill’ Book Review
Kellen Cutsforth retraces the path Buffalo Bill Cody took to becoming the nation's—and perhaps the world's—first superstar
The James: A Florida Museum Looks West
The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art brings the Old and New West to St. Petersburg, Fla.
Jesse James: Facts About the Wild West Outlaw and his Gang
Learn about the life and death of the former Confederate soldier and famous outlaw from the Wild West
How A New York Socialite Helped Defend Native American Culture
With a little help from presidential pal Theodore Roosevelt, Natalie Curtis helped defend Native American culture against the federal juggernaut
‘Firearms of the Texas Rangers’ Book Review
Doug Dukes reviews firearms carried by the Texas Rangers and stories behind the men who carried them
October 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Rabbit Ear Mountain, Las Vegas (N.M.), Bat Masterson, Bill Longley and Colonel John Gibbon
‘Dreams of El Dorado’ Book Review
H.W. Brands presents an overview of the American West from the Louisiana Purchase through the close of the frontier
Letter From Wild West — October 2021
Crossing Indian country through what would become Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, the old Santa Fe Trail opened in 1821
‘From San Francisco Eastward’ Book Review
Carolyn Grattan Eichin profiles the producers, directors and performers who brought theater to the West
Earp Fellow Sophisticates: These Men Knew Them When…
Wyatt and brothers had Western connections galore in California and elsewhere after their Tombstone days
Goliad: The Bloodiest Massacre of the Texan Revolution
The bloodiest massacre of the Texas Revolution prompted vengeance at the Alamo, yet failed to gain the same legendary status
