It is a warm, muggy morning, as Clyde Barrow drives his stolen V-8 Ford towards Methvin’s place, which is a twenty-minute drive from Gibsland,...
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Best of the West 2019: Western Movies
Ever since The Virginian, Owen Wister’s genre-defining Western novel, female characters have traditionally been portrayed as the civilizers. Even...
The Best of the Texas Rangers in Fiction
Martin Scorsese once said, “More than 90 percent of directing is the right casting.” Lonesome Dove is the greatest Western miniseries—no, to hell...
Christmas Road Trip
After Pat Garrett and his posse successfully captured Billy the Kid and three members of his gang at a place called Stinking Springs, Garrett then...
Best of the West 2019: Western Wear
Growing up in Southern California, we had two Western wear stores within a few miles of our home: King’s Western Wear in Van Nuys and Nudie’s...
Boom Town Belles in the Old West
What kind of reception did the traveling sideshows or circuses or drama/theater groups receive? Were any of these financially successful? They were...
The Best of the Texas Rangers in Photos
There are many, many iconic images of the Texas Rangers, but here are my 12 favorites and why. By: Bob Alexander Best Texas Ranger books by...
Did US Cavalry Soldiers Wear Yellow Kerchiefs, as Depicted in the movies?
Did US cavalry soldiers wear yellow kerchiefs, as depicted in the movies? David Lake Boston, Massachusetts Bandanas were not military issue, so...
Lesser Known Women Entertainers
Ya gotta love those charming specimens of Eve’s flesh who came West to “make their fortunes” as entertainers. Among them were the Waddling Duck, the...
Hit by a Volcano
E.E. Phelps and F.A. Tipple left Lance Graham for dead, covered in ashes, facedown in the snow. Carrying his 200-pound body down the hill would have...
A Law Career Begins
Virgil Earp’s entry into law enforcement was unexpected. It was in Prescott, Arizona Territory on October 16, 1877; he was talking with two local...
Billy the Kid and Jesse Evans
The question comes up: Did Jesse Evans and Billy the Kid ever have it out? They didn’t really “have it out” but they rode together briefly and...