FRIENDS AND ENEMIES: Dan Tipton and Johnny Tyler

DAN TIPTON AND THE EARP VENDETTA POSSE BY PETER BRAND

Following the Tracks of the Kansas Pacific

Discover the beauty and history of the plains from Kansas City, Missouri, to Denver, Colorado.

BIRTH OF A LAWMAN

CIVIL WAR VETERAN VIRGIL EARP WAS JUST SETTLING DOWN IN PRESCOTT WHEN HE JOINED A POSSE. HIS LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME.

Duels, Dice and the Sporting Life

Peter Brand’s long-awaited biography of Johnny Tyler, a new Pleasant Valley Western, biographies of a Texas Ranger and Calamity Jane and the latest interpretation of Tombstone.

Legends, Lawmen and Outlaws

The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana brought 182 percent of the pre-sale estimate at Cowan’s Auctions.

Zebulon Pike's Life on the Mississippi

Follow his trail from St. Louis, Missouri, to Walker, Minnesota.

First Peoples, Original View

A groundbreaking book on Indian photographers, plus a biography of a heroic horse, a novel of the Alamo, a forgotten U.S. marshal and the power of Western theater.

BLOODY BILL ANDERSON

A NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED PHOTO REVEALS HIS TRUE LIKENESS.

The Humble Biscuit

Nothing beats a hot, homemade batch of cowboy biscuits straight from the Dutch oven.

Western Museums face the Challenge

Curators, staff and docents work hard to keep their great collections ready for the public.

PHANTOM OF THE DESERT

THE APACHE KID IS AS ELUSIVE IN DEATH AS HE WAS IN LIFE.

Still Riding to Glory

New treasures keep the beloved Pony Express alive.

Bullion? What Bullion?

Jesse James missed out on a big score because of semantics.

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

ALCHESAY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (DZIŁ ŁIGAI SI’ÁN N’DEE)

PUNCH YOUR TICKET WEST!

WESTERN HERITAGE RAILWAYS AND RAILROAD MUSEUMS ARE OPEN AND READY FOR PASSENGERS AND GUESTS.

Satin, Lace and Cherry Pie

The true story of how a small-town Texas girl became legendary madam, Big Bertha.

Homesteaders, Heroines and Hell-Raisers

It was a century ago that American women were granted suffrage, but they had been proving their equality in the settlement of the West long before.

Battle Tested, Battle Scarred

THE 1873 .45-70 TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD WAS ISSUED TO TROOPERS JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN, AND ITS SUCCESS AND FAILURE THAT FATEFUL JUNE DAY IN 1876 IS STILL HIGHLY DEBATED.

WHEN WHISKEY RULED THE WEST

FROM LEWIS AND CLARK UNTIL PROHIBITION, THE GOLDEN ELIXIR WAS AS GOOD AS GOLD.

We Won't Back Down

Western women led the way for woman suffrage 50 years before 19th Amendment became the law of the land.

Lubbock, Texas

A little bit country, a little bit rock and a whole lot of Texas is ready to be discovered in the West Texas town.

Locked and Loaded!

Pearl Hart and a posse of sharpshooting Western women shaped the West from the barroom to the courthouse.

Cimarron's Old Model 1894 Rifle

Known as America’s Deer Rifle, this 126-year-old lever-action is back again in its original 1890s configuration.

A Fistful of Ladies

Women may love Westerns, but only a handful have directed one.

TV's ‘The Lone Ranger' at 70

Of all the people the Masked Man and Tonto saved, the most crucial was Clayton Moore.

The Great Race of Mercy

TRACKING DIPHTHERIA FROM NOME, ALASKA, TO TODAY.

ONE MAN KNEW

According to an excellent book, The Great Influenza by John M. Barry, the deadliest plague in history—1918-1919—started in Haskell County, Kansas, and one man, Dr. Loring Miner, knew firsthand about it, because many of his patients were dying, but no one would listen.

Keeping the Western Alive

Western publishers and independent authors chronicle the West, one story at a time.

On the Bison Trail

The heritage traveler can discover the history and natural wonder of the great buffalo herds from Texas to Montana.

“Our Father, Who Art....”

In Dakota Territory, those were building words.