Range wars, especially the infamous 1892 Johnson County War in Wyoming, pitted neighbor against neighbor in frenzied conflicts about land. In Johnson County, the homesteaders vs. ranchers battle marked the acme of range conflicts in the American West wherein many in the warring parties were of Scottish descent. One has to ask, then, “How did […]
Two of Scotland’s favorite sons, Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894), are household names in the United States, too. These cultural icons shaped their fellow Scots’ attitudes, traditions, and thinking—including those who made their way to America in the 18th and 19th centuries. University of Wyoming (UW) Professor […]
The numbers may not have rivaled those of the Beatles in Shea Stadium in 1965, or Taylor Swift in Times Square last New Year’s Eve. But the crowds at each performance of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Glasgow, Scotland, July 31 – August 6, 1904, were huge. Following Buffalo Bill’s run in Glasgow, the Glasgow […]
From Points West magazine Originally published in Fall 2010 By Jeremy Johnston and Chris Dixon Dol siar . . . heading west . . . In the songs of the Gaelic bards of old, this idea occurs time and again, often as an image of coming home. If the Viking sagas are to be believed, […]