1. See who’s who at the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
Among the bronze stars and biographies you’ll find Western cinema favorites Buddy Ebsen and Robert Duvall, fur trader Auguste Choteau, artist Charles Russell and explorer William Clark.
2. The heart of Forest Park is the Missouri History Museum. Check out the re-creation of William Clark’s office when he was Indian agent for the whole Louisiana Territory. In the gift shop, you can pick up authentic 1700s trade bead jewelry or a Lewis &

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- Thom Ross
- Sizing Up
- Jerks in Arizona History
- Romance Maker
- Bonanzas & Borrascas
- Wild Bill Hickok and the Wrath of the Dead Rabbits
- 10 for 10: Leadville, Colorado
- The “Crazy” Dose
- Walking Little Big Horn
- Black Bart’s Bad Day
- Roger Archibald
- Keepers of the Seed
- Silver City’s Treasure
- Sauerkraut Scout
- Salty Thieves
- From Vaqueros to Buckaroos
- Land-Hungry Pioneers
- Song of My Heart
- Blood Storm
- The Loner: Inferno
- Bicycling the Oregon Trail
- New Mexico’s Top 10 Paintings
- Howard Bryan (1920-2011)
- Statehood of Affairs
- How Did Indians Bring Down Buffalo With Primitive Weapons?
- A Wild Time at Wildy Well
- Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
- Six Forgotten Film Classics
- Where did the idea for a star-shaped lawman’s badge originate?
- Who is California Joe?
- I watched a Western showing entire wagons sunk in quicksand. Did that really happen in the Old West?
- What is the Bisbee Massacre?
- What is the purpose of a saddle ring?
- The May 1975 Real West magazine published a photo, submitted by George Hart, featuring numerous Old West icons. Is it authentic?
- 10 for 10: St. Louis, Missouri
- Got a Spare?
- Baseball’s Gateway to the West