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
Tucson’s Medicine Man: Dr. Mark Sublette
The former physician runs an art gallery, hosts a podcast and writes—most recently a biography of painter Maynard Dixon
Letter From Wild West — February 2020
In the February 2020 issue writer Gregory Michno argues the "mythical frontier of straight-arrow, sharpshooting riflemen never existed"
Book Review: True Grit
Colorado's Ridgway Western Heritage Society offers John Wayne fans a wide-format, photo-laden 50th anniversary look at the filming of True Grit
Book Review: A Wyatt Earp Anthology
Editors Roy Young, Gary Roberts and Casey Tefertiller sample the body of biographical works written about famed lawman Earp
‘We Now Shot Them Like Dogs’
Long before he fought at the Alamo, Davy Crockett served as a Tennessee Volunteer in the 1813–14 war against Red Stick Creek Indians
Book Review: Rosebud June 17, 1876
Paul Hedren delves into the 1876 Battle of the Rosebud, long overshadowed by that "other" Montana Territory battle
Book Review: Sharps Firearms
Authors Marcot, Paxton, Marron and contributors roll out the second of their three-volume history of Sharps
Bret Harte’s Voice for the Wiyots
As a young man in California, future literary great Bret Harte received death threats for his truth-telling about an Indian massacre
Book Review: West Like Lightning
Jim DeFelice gives readers a smooth, enjoyable and fairly fast read through the history of the legendary Pony Express
Book Review: Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith
Mormon professor Thomas Alexander furnishes a surprisingly balanced picture of the controversial LDS leader
Glenna Goodacre Leaves a Legacy in Bronze
The retired master sculptor's gifts to the art world include the Sacagawea dollar and many other beautiful works
