Wild West

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The Wild West History Association (WWHA) has awarded Colorado author Linda Wommack (left) its Six-Shooter Award for best general Western history article for “Confidentially Told in Brown’s Park,” published in the June 2019 Wild West. The article make

Wild West

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What was the wildest, wickedest, toughest, meanest, baddest, deadliest), gunfightingest town on the Western frontier? While an intriguing question, there’s no easy answer, and any answer one gives is likely to be regarded as “all wrong.” Many 19th-ce

Wild West

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Texas author Jerry Lobdill (left) has earned the Wild West History Association’s Six-Shooter Award for best general Western article for “How Jim Miller Killed Pat Garrett,” which ran in the August 2018 issue of Wild West. Connecting the dots between

Wild West

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Highly regarded California historian and author William Boyd Secrest, 89, a lifelong resident of Fresno who specialized in writing about the outlaws, lawmen and Indians of his home state, died on May 8, 2019. Born on March 14, 1930, Secrest served wi

The Team Roping Journal

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Organizers of the Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational Week announced that the $700,000 Wrangler BFI, held for 35 years in Reno, will partner in March 2021 with the other titan of the roping industry—the $200,000 Cinch Timed Event Championships—as they co

Wild West

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Robert M. Utley [robertutley.net], a former chief historian for the National Park Service, has been recording the history of the American frontier—particularly its military history—for decades, and he shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. He h

Cowboys & Indians

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Judge Roy Bean, Marshal Wyatt Earp, and other lawmen have long been part of Western lore. The Cowboy Lawyers Association follows their legacy’s trail today, as this horse-loving group of California judges and attorneys saddles up half a dozen times a

Shop Talk

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Recently I sat down with some of the officers, and long time members, of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association. We discussed the state of the high-end, high-quality western industry, and some of the problems that many of us face. I think you’ll be

Wild West

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Born in 1860 in Haddonfield, N.J., rancher and performer William Tatem Collings was variously billed as Uncle Will, the Professor and Buckskin Charley. In the 1880s he started a 1,400-acre ranch outside Beaver City, Neb., and by 1890 was shipping hor

Wild West

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The Old West that readers and the editors of Wild West love thankfully lives on despite suggestions in some circles it should be buried and forgotten. Among other entities and people that have kept alive that era in American history are Western magaz

Southwest Art

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DAVID KAMMERZELL says it all started with a painting titled YOUR HUCKLEBERRY. Next came a cowboy named Buck, followed by TWO GUN TOM. These three paintings are examples of some playful new works by the Colorado-based artist. They share an intriguing

American History

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Blame this fine book on a 13-foot statue of a Hawaiian cowboy roping a bull outside a grocery store in Waimea on the Big Island. The statue, of Ikua Purdy (1873-1945) piqued the curiosity of coauthors Julian Smith and David Wolman. The result is a ro

Wild West

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In 1900 Jim Gatchell opened a Buffalo, Wyo., drugstore naturally named the Buffalo Pharmacy. It quickly became the town’s social hub, drawing settlers, cowboys, cattle barons, Army scouts and lawmen. Gatchell was not only a respected businessman but

The Guardian

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African American artists are taking wild west style from the fringes to the cultural mainstream

Wild West

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1 Statues: Fort Worth has put up statues to cowboy humorist Will Rogers, bulldogging inventor Bill Pickett and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. Dallas put up a statue to Robert E. Lee and has since taken it down. 2 Billy Bob’s Texas: Billing itself as t

The Team Roping Journal

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I’ve known Kyle Lockett since the day he was born. My fondest early day memories are of him sitting on the wood boards at the bottom of the dark green contestants’ family bleachers at Salinas as a toddler with his big brothers, Blaine and Brent, and

Cowboys & Indians

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THE IMAGE OF A LONE COWBOY WORKING CATTLE IN THE WIDE-OPEN SPACES OF THE WEST IS A SOOTHING, unchanging, timeless symbol of America. But that’s not reality on the range, and it certainly isn’t the reality in Duke Beardsley’s Denver studio. “The cowbo

The Team Roping Journal

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The COVID-19 crisis shut down most of the United States the same week Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Lazy E Arena hosted its 36th annual Cinch Timed Event Championship, paying all-around hand Taylor Santos $100,000 and change—the last big check paid out before

Cowboys & Indians

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NEARLY TWO DECADES AFTER HIS LAST ONE-MAN SHOW, ONE OF THE GREAT WESTERN ARTISTS OF THE day is finally doing another. And he’s been holed up in his studio doing nothing but painting during the run-up to it. Bill Anton has the kind of workspace we sho

Cowboys & Indians

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Cowboys & Indians

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Cowboys & Indians

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RIDGWAY OLD WEST FEST The inaugural Ridgway Old West Fest last year in Ridgway, Colorado, marked the 50th anniversary of True Grit, primarily filmed there and in nearby Ouray, drawing fans from across the country. For the fest’s sequel, planned for S

Southwest Art

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“I HAVE A really hard time finishing my pieces,” confesses artist Mikela Cameron. “It’s hard for me to walk away. I literally make a connection with my subjects; it’s like a heart connection. I don’t want it to stop.” In fact, after spending so many

The Team Roping Journal

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Ty “Blaster” Blasingame and Kyle Lockett don’t team up too much. Just twice now, to be exact. But the stars are in absolute alignment for this unlikely team of Colorado and California natives, who—as of late July—are two-for-two, as in batting a thou

Horse & Rider

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As an early Hell-on-Wheels town in Dakota Territory, Western legends abound in Cheyenne, where the community embraces their Old West heritage and serves it on a silver platter to those who wish to partake, including at the 1. Cheyenne Depot Museum on

Cowboys & Indians

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO CELEBRATE the wonders of the West? Whether it’s a barbecue or an art show, a rodeo or a marathon of cowboy movies, don’t miss these unique and colorful ways to honor the history, culture, and creativity of our Western her

Cowboys & Indians

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The year is 1993, and Ann Ortiz, owner of the business now known as Ann’s Turquoise, is headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, with $1,500 in her hand. Following her fascination with turquoise jewelry, an admiration passed down from her mother and grandm

Wild West

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The long-term exhibit “Palace Seen and Unseen,” which relates the 400-year history of Santa Fe’s Palace of the Governors, opens April 19 at the New Mexico History Museum. The museum’s Santa Fe campus includes the Palace of the Governors, the Fray Ang

NPR

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The singer-songwriter's latest album, Black Cowboys, chronicles the role played by African-Americans in settling the West after the Civil War. The album has been nominated for a Grammy.

Southwest Art

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EVER SINCE its inception back in 1965, the Cowboy Artists of America has enthusiastically heralded, and embraced, its mission to “authentically preserve and perpetuate the culture of western life in fine art.” It does so not only by creating first-ra