The Western History Association was organized in 1961 at Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mission of the WHA is the following: "The Western History Association strives to be a congenial home for the study ...

The Mellema Program in Western American Studies was endowed by Dirk and JoAnn Mellema in 1993. Calvin University hired William Katerberg as its director in 1999. The program is housed in the ...

The Great Western Cattle Trail was used during the late 19th century for movement of cattle and horses to markets in eastern and northern states. North Dakota Great Western Trail Chair Darrell Dorgan ...

The founders of the festival seek to preserve their own family history alongside the forgotten figures of the American West.

DENVER — The fifth floor of the Denver Public Library's Central Library is a beautiful, quiet space many visit simply to get some work done. Colorado sunshine falls on the most popular and ...

A popular exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley lets the public to be immersed in the world of cowboys and Western history. In a prepared statement the Library ...

The author of a sweeping re-examination of Western history reveals the global reach of Greek and Roman antiquity Naoíse Mac Sweeney | Author, The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives Examples of ...

1960s cinema defined a lot for specific genres as a push towards New Hollywood began. This was especially true of Westerns, as the decade was the genre's last definitive period before it lost appeal ...