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On September 11, Bud Kennedy wrote a column on Muslims in the Old West for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, opening with: "Since 1856, Muslims have worshipped in Texas."



He writes about the how the first Muslims who came to Texas served in the U.S. Army as camel drovers. He focuses on Hi-Jolly (who changed his name from Hajj Ali), who… Continue

"Wild horses couldn't drag me away."



Keith Richards and Mick Jagger popularized this idiom on the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album in 1971.



Yet most folks these days know that the literal "wild horses" that populate our American West are being "dragged away" in periodic roundups by the BLM.



Opinions on whether these roundups are good or bad for the West's wild… Continue

At 6:21 a.m. the ever diligent reporter Art Martori sent me an e-mail about the breaking news that the Geronimo lawsuit has been dismissed, adding, "I wonder what Ramsey Clark has planned now...."



Thanks to the Las Cruces Sun-New's article in today's paper, I was able to tell him, and all of you, what Clark says his next steps… Continue

Our readers are the best. They truly are! Their passion to go out and participate in the great adventures waiting for them in locales all across the American West is what actually caused me to find out about an "oops" we made from the… Continue