Get Your Kicks! Load up the car and get Western on ten scenic historic highway tours across the region this summer.
In 1927, the first Route 66 signs were posted from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and the legend of the…
The In-law was an Outlaw Clint Barkley—feudist, killer and more.
Clint Barkley, alias Bill Bowen, was an in-law of Texas feudists the Horrells. He was arrested in Lampasas, TX in March …
What are the Origins of the Code of the West?
What are the origins of the Code of the West? Ronnie Bishop Tulsa, Oklahoma The “Code of the West” was born with the silver screen cowboys. It was fir…
He Got Clipped Gunman Ferd Patterson got more than a haircut in a WA barber shop.
Ferd Patterson was a sporting man who plied his trade primarily in the Pacific Northwest in the years around the Civil W…
Prehistoric Americans and Science The scientific accomplishments of Native Americans.
Recently I was asked why prehistoric peoples, those who were here before the arrival of the Europeans, weren’t more accomplished in the field of scien…
Canyon Springs Ambush The Lame Johnny Gang vs. The Quick Shot Davis Messengers
September 26, 1878 The Monitor stage rolls out of Deadwood at seven in the morning. On the box is “Big Gene” Barnett han…
Zwing Hunt One of Cochise County's worst outlaws
According to Cochise County Deputy Sheriff, Billy Breakenridge, Zwing Hunt was one of the worst outlaws in that hell-for…
What History Has Taught Me: Walter Hill The director-writer-producer on the influences of the West.
Walter Hill, well-known for his Westerns, is making his recording debut at the age of 77. Hill wrote and narrated The Co…
Deadwood Déjà Vu After a 13-year hiatus, the cast and crew re-team to finish the tale.
Calamity Jane: The Devil in Buckskins The summer of 1876 remains the legendary wild woman of the West’s defining season.
Deadwood’s Al Swearingen The rise and fall of the notorious purveyor of sin and his infamous saloon.
The night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day shall fold up their tents… and…silently steal away. Such is the case when the …
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