One hundred forty years ago today, Geronimo’s surrender ended armed resistance in Arizona and inspired a Western that earned a place among the genre’s finest. Cowboys & Indians ranked Walter Hill’s ...

Before the captivity narrative about a Mexican woman abducted by the Apache in the mid-1800s; before the storyline about Geronimo's surrender; before the torrent of details about the life and peoples ...

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, "Geronimo" (1897), oil on canvas (image no copyright - United States, via the Newberry Library) Editor’s Note: The following text has been excerpted with permission and adapted ...