One of the many areas that Jerry Eagan hiked for his Apacheria columns By Jerry Eagan I heard this week from Harry Alexander, engineer for “Voices of the West,” that my friend Emil Franzi died
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They don’t make Westerns like they used to
No, they don’t make ’em like they used to. But, there is new programming out there with AMC’s “The Son” and a couple of others. You just gotta go look for ’em. – Ed. From
Read moreBOOK REVIEW: ‘Huck Out West’
HUCK OUT WEST By Robert Coover Norton, $26.95, 308 pages It’s hard to imagine a gutsier move by a novelist than to take up where Mark Twain left off. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is
Read moreBOOK REVIEW: ‘Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West’
DODGE CITY: WYATT EARP, BAT MATTERSON, AND THE WICKEDEST TOWN IN THE AMERICAN WEST By Tom Clavin St. Martin’s Press, $29.99, 400 pages For those of us who came of age in the 1950s and
Read moreVOTW co-host Bunker de France on Gunsmoke
Bunker appears as one of the hired hands for the bad guys. The episode is called “Matt’s Love Story” and it is the highest rated Gunsmoke episode in the show’s run. The scene starts with
Read moreJane Candia Coleman: “Chief Joseph – Trail of Glory and Sorrow” book review
By Jane Candia Coleman CHIEF JOSEPH; TRAIL OF GLORY AND SORROW By Ted Meyers Hancock Publishers Ltd. Surrey, British Columbia – Blaine Washington ISBN 978-0-88839-743-7 EAN 0-88839-743-7 As a boy, Canadian writer and historian
Read more‘The Son’ brings the Old West back to television
Pierce Brosnan stars as Eli McCullough in “The Son” on AMC By Harry Alexander / SoAzNewsX Numerous “critics” aren’t too pleased with AMC’s new series, “The Son.” The critics also didn’t like “Texas Rising.” But,
Read moreOld Tucson founder Bob Shelton passes
From the Arizona Daily Star Robert Mr. “Old Tucson” Shelton took his last ride and had his final “it’s a wrap” on December 15, 2016. He walked this earth for almost 96 years before dying
Read moreCowboy chuckles
By Steve “Bunker” de France A dude wanted to grow his own food, but they don’t sell bacon seeds down at the food store! **** The cow dog used to chase anyone passing the ranch
Read moreEmpire Ranch Cowboy Christmas a big hit
By SoAzNewsX What is a Cowboy Christmas? It is celebrated essentially at the end of a cattle drive or a rodeo. At the Empire Ranch this year, Cowboy Christmas was a bit different celebration. The event
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