‘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
Sitting Bull’s Living Descendant Confirmed With New DNA Tech
The latest DNA evidence helps to bolster the family’s concerns over Sitting Bull’s final resting place
‘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
‘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.
