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Cowboy Al's Wild West Museum

One man's collection brings the Wild West East.

2 min  |

July-August 2025
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On the New Mexico Trail of Billy the Kid

A Kid Road Trip is the best thing for your soul.

4 min  |

July-August 2025
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The Way West

Western historians and novelists are the trailblazers who inspire our curiosity and passion for America's legendary lands and people.

3 min  |

July-August 2025
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Springtime in the West

Storms, sunsets and art auctions.

2 min  |

July-August 2025
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THE WILD FRONTIER TRAIL: A JOURNEY THROUGH WYOMING'S OUTLAW HISTORY

There's a wildness to Wyoming that never quite disappeared. The ghosts of outlaws, lawmen and restless cowboys still linger in the wind sweeping across the open plains. This is a land where Butch Cassidy planned his next heist, where Tom Horn faced justice and where cattle wars sparked gunfights that shaped the frontier. To travel through Wyoming is to follow the hoofprints of history, where adventure and danger once went hand in hand. Buckle up for a road trip that takes you deep into the heart of the Old West.

5 min  |

May-June 2025
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JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: A Historical Road Trip Along Nevada's Cowboy Corridor

Nevada's Cowboy Corridor, stretching along Interstate 80, isn’t just another highway—it’s a living, breathing testament to the Old West. This route was carved out by fortune seekers, cattle drivers and rail tycoons in the 1800s, and today, it's your gateway to experiencing the legends that built the frontier. Saddle up, because this is no ordinary road trip—it’s a full-throttle ride into history, where every town, trail and tumbleweed tell a tale of grit, glory and gold.

3 min  |

May-June 2025
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Cavalcade of Ask The Marshall

Lessons I have learned during more than a quarter century of “Ask the Marshall.”

3 min  |

May-June 2025
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SHOWDOWN BRIDGER VS.BRIGHAM

DOES AMERICAN PRIMEVAL TELL THE TRUE STORY?

3 min  |

May-June 2025
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THE MOUNTAIN MAN AND THE MORMON MOSES

PATHFINDER JIM BRIDGER TANGLES WITH PROPHET BRIGHAM YOUNG

10+ min  |

May-June 2025
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Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?

Columnist Will Bagley and Brigham Young University Professor Ron Walker present opposing viewpoints to the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

10 min  |

May-June 2025
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AMERICAN PRIMEVAL -GOOD AND EVIL

The Mountain Meadow Massacre is center-stage in this brutal and enthralling pioneer docudrama.

6 min  |

May-June 2025
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Remington's 1875– a Copycat Peacemaker?

This 1873 Colt lookalike was a solid, hard-hitting revolver, but it never could rival the famed six-gun it emulated.

2 min  |

May-June 2025
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The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows

In September 1857, the members of the Fancher Wagon Train, enroute from Arkansas to southern California via the Old Spanish Trail, encamped in an idyllic oasis high in the mountains of southwestern Utah Territory, on the very cusp of the Great Basin.

10+ min  |

May-June 2025
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THE BATTLE AXE AND A RAW DEAL

A UTE ELDER SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE SO-CALLED \"UTAH WAR.\"

6 min  |

May-June 2025
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Mountain Meadows

Making peace with a violent past.

1 min  |

May-June 2025
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MORMONS IN THE MOVIES

FROM MORMONSPLOITATION TO EDIFICATION, LATTER-DAY SAINTS CINEMA RUNS THE GAMUT.

5 min  |

May-June 2025
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An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy

She assembled artisans, historians and linguists to keep their three Nations' portrayals accurate.

2 min  |

May-June 2025
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The War Before the War

THEY BROUGHT SIN WITH THEM.

3 min  |

May-June 2025
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Three for the Road The Bird Cage, the Butterfield and the Bunch

Three Western legends receive their due, a biography of an outlaw, a new look at La Frontera and a new biography of a Great Plains river.

5 min  |

March-April 2025
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The Frontier Characters of South Dakota

Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills.

5 min  |

March-April 2025
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Kris Kristofferson-A Texan at Oxford

The scholar, songwriter, pilot also acted in dozens of Westerns.

4 min  |

March-April 2025
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BLACK GOLD ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER

The land Spanish explorers called \"Colorado\" was an untamed wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century. Yet following close on the heels of western trailblazers came pioneers of a different sort determined to tame the Wild West.

10+ min  |

March-April 2025
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Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene

Marshall Trimble, Arizona's official historian and the beloved, now-retired writer of Ask The Marshall, has shared countless stories over the years.

3 min  |

March-April 2025
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FRONTIER COLOSSUS

A LOOK BACK AT THE LEGENDARY TEXAS COWBOY WHO TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

9 min  |

March-April 2025
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The Kindled Flame 1835

A LONG ROAD TO THE BATTLE AT THE ALAMO

9 min  |

March-April 2025
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King of the Scatterguns

The single best and most economical arm for hunting and defense in the Wild West was the double-barreled shotgun.

2 min  |

March-April 2025
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A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve

A dedicated father/daughter team is restoring a historic New Mexico treasure.

2 min  |

March-April 2025
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The Bowie Knife

The Bowie knife is an iconic symbol of American toughness and independence. Yet, its true origins are often misunderstood.

5 min  |

March-April 2025
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The Beginnings of the Bird Cage

Owner Billy Hutchinson led it through some difficult times.

2 min  |

March-April 2025
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Selling the Mythic West and the Real West

Parade saddles, illustrations and movie memorabilia were sold at auction.

3 min  |

March-April 2025