“He doted on stories of his father’s daring exploits in Virginia and Louisiana” as a Civil War Union officer. So wrote renowned historian Peter...

“He doted on stories of his father’s daring exploits in Virginia and Louisiana” as a Civil War Union officer. So wrote renowned historian Peter...
The flowing locks and broad brimmed hat as William F. Cody cantered up on his horse made him “[look] like a picture of a cavalier of olden times”...
Cheyenne, Wyoming’s residents enjoyed a fine social life, and ladies hosted and attended a variety of social events and parties with varied themes....
Word has come that one of three remaining members of the Shakers religious sect has died. The group believes in celibacy, which has caused its...
She was born in a house her father built. A little house, naturally. Her father would build many more little houses as he carried his family from...
Whereas in some circles the unreliable narrator holds sway, Michael Zimmer’s latest book, Charlie Red: American Legends Collection, Book Five...
In the November 2016 issue of True West, Bob Boze Bell’s picture shows “Wild Bill” Hickok with his Navy Colt pointed to the sky. Why? Allen...
Mining Camp author Brete Harte wrote: "The ways of a man with a maid are strange, but tame, when compared to a man with a mine when buying or...
Mama, take this badge off of me I can’t use it anymore It’s getting’ dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door. —Bob...
Life in the wilderness took a heavy toll on the health and often the lives of the mountain men. Those hardy trappers, who roamed the Rockies in the...
Somebody called Ellsworth the “Wickedest Cattletown in Kansas,” and the place had its moments. But its time was brief—and it almost didn’t get to...
It was in the spring of 1850 when the word of the incredible richness of gold at a place called Downie's Flat swept downstream and sent a crowd of...