Eisenhower should be memorialized more for what he did than for the roots from which he sprang In World War II, he tamed America's allies and conquered its adversaries. As a conservative college president, he defended liberal professors caught in a virul

I grew up on a steady diet of weekly television westerns: The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Bonanza, Big Valley, The Wild Wild West, and The High Chaparral were some of my favorites. Things were either right or wrong; there was no middle ground. A

Occasionally a writer comes along whose labor-of-love research and fine body of work on a historic Western figure make him the authority on that particular Westerner. English author Joseph Rosa, with his deep, long-standing connection to Wild Bill Hickok

In The Catch-Up, a longtime fan and a newcomer have a discussion about a TV show, movie, book, music, or other pop-culture item. In this installment, Erik Adams and Todd VanDerWerff kick around the first season of David Milch’s mud-and-dust-caked Western

A jaunt south to the Crane remains my favourite midseason salve. Gilded, infamous guests have long escaped to this jewel on the rugged east coast of Barbados; American cowboy Wild Bill Hickok even logged downtime here, laying down his gold chain as payme

Fans of filmmaking and local historians will have a rare opportunity to see a never-before-shown silent film shot in the Black Hills and Badlands almost 100 years ago. “The Days of 75-76” kicks off the 2012 Historical Film Series at the Black Hills Round