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April 26, 2019News

Scott Dyke: Women in the West is the real story of the frontier

By Scott Dyke In the recounting of the Old West there is this tendency, focusing on the male interactions. You know, whiskey, shootouts and the posse thing. That would be […]
March 12, 2019News

Hollywood celebs, Living Historians and others ‘Shootin’ for a Cure’ for 11-year-old cancer patient

By Voices of the West The largest “Round Up” of Professional Wild West Entertainers, that include World Champion Gun Spinner, “Johnny Hotshot”, Hollywood Stuntman Dr. Buck Montgomery and his award […]
February 4, 2019News

A new perspective on New Mexican history

From The Westerner Blog It’s one of the most complicated stories to come from Santa Fe’s 400-year-old Palace of the Governors. Don Pedro Villasur, commander-in-chief of the Spanish forces of the […]
August 15, 2018News

Parrots may have been bred by Native Americans 1,000 years ago in SW

From The Westerner Blog Native Americans may have kept a breeding colony of scarlet macaws in the American Southwest starting more than 1,000 years ago, a new study finds. The […]
August 5, 2018News

Bunker de France highlighted in Western Way Magazine

By Harry Alexander Bunker de France, co-host of Emil Franzi’s Voices of the West internet radio program was featured in the Summer edition of Western Way Magazine. The article covered […]
July 27, 2018News

Walter Vail left his mark on SE Arizona as Rancher, Miner and Political Figure

by Tom Prezelski On July 3, the Pima County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution declaring “Empire Ranch, Walter L. Vail, and Arizona Cowboy Heritage Day” to honor the legacy of one […]
June 11, 2018News

Scott Dyke: Virgil Walter Earp — The real law in Tombstone

By Scott Dyke History has granted Wyatt Earp a mantle of notoriety that places him among the pantheon of the West’s greatest lawmen. Of course, history is often skewed. Even […]
June 11, 2018News

Alision Bunting: The Empire Ranch Story Part IV—The search for the Right Ranch

By Alison Bunting Walter Vail and Herbert Hislop began their search for a ranch to purchase soon after their arrival in Tucson in early July, 1876. Hislop wrote: “Rested […]
May 3, 2018News

The history of San Ignacio De La Canoa land grant

By Scott Dyke / Green Valley News When you buy a property, there is a title search, seeking the history, and if there are no liens or questions, title insurance […]
February 16, 2018News

Tucson Rodeo celebrating 93 years

By SoAzNewsX It’s rodeo time in Tucson! The Fiesta de las Vaqueros celebration gets underway on Sat. Feb. 17 at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds on South 6th Avenue with more […]