Social Studies
An Ordinary Man, an Extraordinary Legacy: Audie Murphy and the Colt Bisley
I may be branded by war, but I will not be defeated by it.” ― Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back Audie Murphy’s 1905…
Behind the Scenes: Prepping Wildlife Skeletons for Display
Editor’s Note: This story includes descriptions and images of preparing an animal skeleton, and might be a little graphic for some readers….
Scout, Warrior, Witness: The Legacy of White Man Runs Him
A Feathered Legacy On display in the Plains Indian Museum visitors will find a feather bonnet that once belonged to a revered…
Echoes of the Painted West: John Clymer’s Gold Train
Gold in the Hills! Colonel Mulberry Sellers in Mark Twain’s satirical novel The American Claimant prophetically decreed, “There’s gold in them thar…
An Unsung Hero of Firearms Manufacturing
Following the American Civil War, large scale firearms manufacturing companies Winchester, Colt, Smith and Wesson, and Remington drove demand by creating niche…
Brushstrokes of a Nation: Golden Gate, Yellowstone
Thomas Moran’s “Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park,” 1893. 4.75…