I hate to admit it, but I never believed that Judge Roy Bean was a real person. Old westerns are favorite TV fare at our house, so I’ve managed to […]
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The Art of John Mix Stanley – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West in Spring 2015 Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley — Revealing an unknown artist By Mindy N. Besaw John Mix Stanley (1814–1872) was […]
Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley
Past Exhibition Painted Journeys: The Art of John Mix Stanley June 6 – August 29, 2015Special Exhibitions Gallery Today, 150 years after the Smithsonian gallery housing his paintings burned to the […]
Guns of the Week: December 15 – 19
Guns of the Week: December 15 – 19, 2014 Unloading the Myth – Two of a Kind This U.S. Rifle Model 1803 was manufactured at the Harpers Ferry Armory. It […]
True West magazine names Cody Firearms Museum in annual Top Ten museums list
True West magazine has added the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Cody Firearms Museum to its list of the Top Ten Western Museums for 2014. True West selected the […]
The Journey Continues: More Firearms from the Smithsonian – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2013 The Journey Continues: More Firearms from the Smithsonian (Click here to read part one) A three-cylinder revolver. Sliding breech chamber. Revolving firearm that uses […]