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Defender of the Black Hills

If Charmaine White Face has her way...

Category Old West Saviors Author Jana Bommersbach Date 11/03/2009
Preservation: Remember the Alamo (Replica)

John Wayne starred in 1960's The Alamo, filmed on a 500 acre set that took two years to build.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 11/03/2009
The Apache Cupid

It sounds so romantic: An Apache violin is meant to lure a young woman to the young man playing it. 

Category Old West Saviors Author Jana Bommersbach Date 09/25/2009
Preservation: An Artistic Renovation

In 1940 Olaf Wieghorst found his calling as a Western artist.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 09/25/2009
Collecting American Outlaws

Growing up in Missouri in the 1930s, Wilbur Zink loved listening to family legends.

Category Old West Saviors Author Jana Bommersbach Date 08/25/2009
Preservation: Saving the Neighborhood

Wyoming was still living the Wild West when the state's first governor's mansion was built in Cheyenne in 1904.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 08/25/2009
“Green” Ranching

Today, Sid Goodloe has a lush vista from his two-story ranch house.

Category Old West Saviors Author Jana Bommersbach Date 08/01/2009
Surrender Site

We now know just where the Mexican army surrendered to Sam Houston's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 08/01/2009
Keep Up the Fight

You can stand in some spots and feel "the power of the place."

Category Old West Saviors Author Jana Bommersbach Date 06/01/2009
Preservation: Where the Bodies are Buried

In 2007, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco was expanding its facility.

Category Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman Date 06/01/2009