Book Review: Terror on the Santa Fe Trail
Title aside, Hocking takes a balanced look at the Jicarilla Apaches and their relationship with the famed Kit Carson as Indian agent
Book Review: The Cornett-Whitley Gang
David Johnson examines the exploits of a gang that terrorized Texas for two years in the late 1880s
Book Review: Surviving Genocide
Jeffrey Ostlers relates the clashes and pores over statistics to determine whether or not the Indian wars amounted to genocide
Book Review: Killing Pat Garrett
David Thomas stokes further controversy surrounding the death of the man who shot Billy the Kid
When the Sioux Ambushed Pawnee Hunters at ‘Massacre Canyon’
Eager to attack their traditional foes, a powerful Oglala/Brulé force thundered down on a hapless Pawnee hunting party in southwest Nebraska
California Artist Rick Hill: King of the Hill
He’s earned kudos for his Western and wildlife sculpture and has high hopes for his oil paintings
Brenden W. Rensink: People of the Borderlands
In his recent book Native but Foreign the author takes a close look at the Yaquis on the southern border and Crees and Chippewas on the northern border
Letter From Wild West — April 2020
In the April 2020 issue writer Don Chaput writes about Old West lawmen—the good, the bad and the two-faced
Book Review: The Frontier Army
Eli Paul offers fresh insights into the Old Army in this compilation of seven eyewitness accounts from the era
Book Review: Eanger Irving Couse
Virginia Couse Leavitt reveals her grandfather Eanger Couse, famed for his Southwest landscapes and Indian portraits
Book Review: Texas Women and Ranching
Editors Deborah Liles and Cecilia Venable profile ranch women who made their mark on the Texas cattle frontier
Book Review: Cripple Creek, Bob Womack and the Greatest Gold Camp on Earth
Linda Wommack traces the role her great-grand-uncle Bob Womack played in the rise of Colorado's famed Cripple Creek mining district
Book Review: The Black Legend
Doug Hocking reviews the circumstances and figures involved in the Bascom Affair, a catalyst of the 19th-century Apache wars
Alamo Next of Kin: ‘Bought With the Blood of My Child’
The families of the Texians who died defending the Alamo wove their own stories of courage and survival
Renaissance Birdman: Sculptor Greg Woodard
Woodard blends a fascination with birds, other wildlife and history with his skills as a master sculptor
