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  • In 1881 German artist Rudolf Cronau (1855–1939) rendered "The Great Rock Quarry That Is a Holy Place of the Red Race," colorized here by David Rambow. The cliffs he depicted are now protected within southwest Minnesota's Pipestone National Monument.

    Fountain of the Red Pipe

    From southwest Minnesota quarries Indians have long extracted the sacred stone for their ceremonial pipe bowls...

  • German-born painter Karl Wimar (1828–62) traveled up the Missouri River in the late 1850s and rendered this portrait of Bear Ribs, whom white officials had appointed "first chief" of all the Sioux in 1856. The latter's failure to heed warnings from his own people led to his murder in June 1862.

    He Who Has No Ears

    Bear Ribs, whom whites appointed first chief of all the Sioux, did not listen to his own people’s warnings...

  • Late in life famed Western painter Frederic Remington depicted this lone canid on a nighttime prowl in his oil “Moonlight, Wolf.”

    Wolf West

    Western ecology revolved around wolves—that is, until people shot, roped, trapped, gassed, stomped and strangled them...

  • Cowboy Life in the Cards

    The celebration of the Western frontier myth was in full swing when these tobacco cards made their way into the hands of an eager public...


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Wild West magazine presents the great American frontier from its beginnings to today. America’s western frontier has been a vital part of the country’s myths and reality, from the earliest exploration beyond the territory of the first colonies, to the wide expanses of the western prairies and deserts. Experience the Old West and cowboys and Indians from top historical writers. Wild West brings to life the fascinating history, lore and culture of the great American frontier.

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