They never numbered more than a thousand, maybe two and their heyday lasted less than 20 years but the mountain men of the West made their mark on...
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Nellie Cashman: The Story Of A Real Life Dime Novel Heroine
Many men and women came west in the 19th century to pan out that dream of getting rich but none can match that of a pretty Irish lady named Nellie...
What Is A High Shoulder Saddle?
What is a high shoulder saddle? Colin Hilton-Ash London, United Kingdom, England Noted saddlemaker Carson Thomas, of Wickenburg, Arizona,...
The Babbitt Brothers & The CO Bar Ranch
It was a cold, wet February morning in 1886 when Dave and Billy Babbitt stepped down off the passenger train in the raw, boisterous town of...
The Fight At Cajón De Los Negros
May 3, 1886 A few dozen elusive Apache holdouts, led by the intrepid holy man-warrior, Geronimo, are being pursued along the Arizona-Mexico border...
Remembering The Horse Soldiers
Lovely Constance Towers became a star when she played the female lead in two John Ford Westerns back-to-back: 1959’s The Horse Soldiers and 1960’s...
Douglas Fowley
So who played Doc Holliday most often on TV or in movies? Probably character actor Douglas Fowley, who was cast as the deadly dentist in 68...
Riding for the Lone Star
The storied Texas Rangers probably have more stories than just about any law- enforcement agency—and Mike Cox knows most of them, having spent 15...
The Oklahoma Invader
In 1880, Capt. David L. Payne and the boomers began entering Indian Territory with the hope of establishing permanent homes. Payne was a veteran of...
A Pistoleer Goes Semi Auto
While we generally think of the Wild West as the era of the revolver—and it certainly was—the last decade of the 19th century and the dawning of the...
Two Different Docs From The Quaid Brothers
Dennis Quaid has acted in his share of Westerns—including as Sam Houston in 2004’s “The Alamo” and cast-out James-Younger Gang member Ed Miller in...
Building Your Western Library
U.S. Army Colonel Thom Nicholson and his wife retired to Highland Ranch, Colorado. He was born in Missouri and raised around Fort Smith, Arkansas....