The question frequently comes up, are the guns used by the participants at the Gunfight behind the O.K. Corral in museums or in the hands of private...

The question frequently comes up, are the guns used by the participants at the Gunfight behind the O.K. Corral in museums or in the hands of private...
The special summer show from the American Plains Artists (APA) group opens at Fort Concho’s Barracks 6 with an evening program on Thursday, June 27...
As students of both broadcast entertainment and Western history should be aware, there are two George Hearsts, and the contrast between them could...
The old saw about guns that “won the West” may be overstated, yet undoubtedly, armament did play a major role in frontier expansion along with the...
Arch Wolfe was just 18 when he holed up with kinsman Ned Christie in the latter’s cabin in Indian Territory in 1892. Christie was killed by a posse...
Sometimes you have to travel a “road to nowhere” to get somewhere you should be. Like the road to the Little Snake River Museum in a Wyoming...
Silon Lewis was the last man executed for murder under Choctaw law. But the November 4, 1894 execution didn’t go very well. The attending physician...
I’ve seen cowboy movies from the 1950s where the actor said he had to shoot his horse because it ate locoweed. What exactly is locoweed? Were they...
April 25, 1896. Dance hall girl Jennie Larue and her boyfriend Otto Floto get into a fight in Cripple Creek, Colorado's red light district. A gas...
For a man who was slowly dying from consumption, Doc Holliday didn’t let any grass grow under his feet. He was diagnosed with the dreaded disease in...
There are many strange tales of Lincoln, NM. In 1879, George Washington was allegedly shooting at a stray dog near the ruins of the McSween house...
With 635 television episodes, 480 radio shows and five movies, no other series in any genre has equaled the longevity of Gunsmoke. And to fans who...