American West
Cindy Sherman: Monument Valley Girl
The artist's self portrait plays with our notions of an archetypal West
March 2009 |
By Victoria Olsen
Endangered Site: Historic Route 66, U.S.A.
The 2,400 mile highway was eclipsed by interstate highways that bypassed neon signs of roadside diners
March 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
N. Scott Momaday and the Buffalo Trust
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Kiowa Indian N. Scott Momaday runs a nonprofit organization working to preserve Native cultures
January 2009 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
The Cowboy in Winter
Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride
October 2008 |
By Robert M. Poole
On the Prowl
Rare jaguar sightings have sparked a debate about how to ensure the cats' survival in the American West
November 2007 |
By Jeremy Kahn
Ghosts in the Sagebrush
Tumbledown structures recall dude ranching's heyday
June 2007 |
By Tony Perrottet
Cowboys and Artists
Each summer models decked out in period dress give artists a picture of life in the Wild West
July 2005 |
By Devon Jackson
Footpath Atop the West
Since the 1930s, the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, extending from Mexico to Canada, has beckoned young and old
April 2005 |
By Donovan Webster
Wicked Weed of the West
Spotted knapweed is driving out native plants and destroying rangeland, costing ranchers millions. Can anybody stop this outlaw?
December 2004 |
By Joe Alper
Portraits on the Plains
Armed with easel, palette and pencil, George Catlin went west in the 1830s to paint the real "Wild West"
May 2000 |
By Edwards Park
Turning Water to Gold
Confronted with a hill full of gold, miners removed the hill and the gold and left a mess behind
August 1999 |
By Edwin Kiester, Jr
The Dying Tecumseh
A sculpture in the Smithsonian collection reveals much about how the Indians of the West were viewed in the early ages of the United States
July 1995 |
By Bil Gilbert
