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Val Kilmer Returns
Val Kilmer Returns

Ever since Val Kilmer first appeared as a parody of Elvis, he's had one of the most interesting careers in Hollywood.

Category: Westerns Author Henry Cabot Beck

Brothers of Blood
Brothers of Blood

The west Wisconsin town of Durand today is hot - the mercury hits triple digits. For the two Coleman brothers, it's about to get a lot hotter.

Category: Classic Gunfights , Photo Gallery Author Bob Boze Bell

Petroglyphs in Peril
Petroglyphs in Peril

First off, Nine Mile Canyon in southern Utah is misnamed. It's actually about 40 miles long.

Category: Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman

Devil Canyon Shoot-Out
Devil Canyon Shoot-Out

Navajo County Sheriff Chet Houck and his deputy Pete Pemberton hop a train from Winslow, Arizona to Canyon Diablo (Devil Canyon).

Category: Classic Gunfights , Photo Gallery Author Bob Boze Bell

Preservation: Harvey House is History
Preservation: Harvey House is History

In January, we wrote about ongoing efforts to save the Havasu Harvey House in Seligman. Today, the circa 1905 building is gone.

Category: Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman

 

Following Jack Slade's Stagecoach Trail
Following Jack Slade's Stagecoach Trail

Jack Slade started driving teams for William Waddell in 1849 and would spend the next 15 years freighting, managing stagecoach lines and fighting across Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.

Category: Renegade Roads Author Candy Moulton

Fred Labour, Too Slim, of Riders in the Sky
Fred Labour, Too Slim, of Riders in the Sky

The trick to doing live shows at the Grand Ole Opry is the same as anywhere: go in with guns blazing, communicate with the folks, keep it loose and have a ball.

Category: What History Taught Me Author Fred Labour

The West's Best Saloons
The West's Best Saloons

I'm sitting in some waterin' hole with Sherry Monahan.

Category: Boggs Unleashed Author Johnny D. Boggs

The Fontiersman's Mexican Loop Holster
The Fontiersman's Mexican Loop Holster

Before leaving the train, I had prudently strapped to my waist a new Colt's six-shooter, that looked and felt a yard long...

Category: Collecting the West , Photo Gallery Author Phil Spangenberger

Signature Spurs
Signature Spurs

Pascal M. Kelly, born in 1886, turned out his first pair of spurs as early as 1903, in the Texas Panhandle town Childress.

Category: Collecting the West Author Meghan Saar

Western Business Directory

Dixie Gun Works, Inc.
Dixie Gun Works, Inc.

World's largest distributer of blackpowder firearms & accessories.

Category: Guns & Knives State: Tennessee
Bison Western Museum
Bison Western Museum

The Bison Western Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona showcases one of the premier Bison, Western and Native American collections in the country!

Category: Art & Collectibles, Museums State: Arizona
Adrian Bull Ropes & Custom Leather Goods
Adrian Bull Ropes & Custom Leather Goods

Custom bullropes, rodeo chaps, work chaps, chinks and other custom leather goods to fit any and all of your needs.

Category: Horse , Leather Goods & Products State: Missouri
Laramie Area Visitors Center
Laramie Area Visitors Center

Visit Laramie, Wyoming and see the only prison to house the infamous Butch Cassidy, a mansion built during Laramie's Rough Rider days and reminisces of the Historic Overland Trail.

Category: Lodging, Museums, Tourism State: Wyoming