‘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
A Clash of Confederate Personalities at Gettysburg
Personality clash between fiery Rebel commanders comes to a head during the trek to Gettysburg
The James: A Florida Museum Looks West
The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art brings the Old and New West to St. Petersburg, Fla.
Crossing the ‘Rubicon’ into the North
A “High Private” relays his experiences on the march from Manassas, Va., to Sharpsburg, Md.
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
Thaddeus Stevens: The Evolution of the Egalitarian
The congressman did not start out a revolutionary; he became one
Uncloaking the Jeff Davis Myth
The defeated Confederate president’s dramatic capture—in fact and fiction
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
It Was the Handsomest Country Residence in Tennessee — in 1874 it Burned to the Ground
Memories, and two ancient trees, linger at Confederate General Leonidas Polk’s mansion, consumed in a postwar blaze
Gen. Robert E. Lee Statue — Nation’s Largest Remaining Confederate Tribute — To Be Removed
“The statue was installed in 1890, a generation after the Civil War, during the historical movement that sought to undo the results by other means"
‘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
Lessons Learned from the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864
The courage and bold command decisions of America's first admiral, David Glasgow Farragut, resulted in a stunning victory for the Union during the Civil War
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
The Private Lincoln: Examining His Most Personal Reflections
Author Ronald C. White explores an overlooked side of the 16th president
