William “Buckey” O'Neill is one of those western heroes who has a long list of accomplishments behind his name: lawyer, judge, miner, school...

When he was just a boy he started the longest war in U.S. history. Felix Ward’s abduction by Apaches when he was about 13, led to the infamous...

What is locoweed? Vic Perry Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Locoweed comes from the Spanish word for crazy or mad. It is a toxic plant (of various...

With seven Emmys won, Lonesome Dove is unquestionably television’s most respected Western achievement. The roles were so good, the nominations of...

Jim Murphy joined the Sam Bass Gang in 1878 and almost immediately got arrested (so did his dad). Jim struck a deal—betray Bass (photo) in exchange...

Texas. Just the name alone evokes imagery of a wild and untamed bygone era when anything was possible. I am biased when I speak on the subject of...

I saw my first Gene Autry movie, Guns and Guitars, on my fifth birthday. I was hooked, and I knew right then I wanted to be a singing cowboy like...

All were visualized by a man who immigrated to America in 1846 as a six-year-old boy from Bavaria. Thomas Nast became a political cartoonist...

One of the most well-known lines from a Western is widely misquoted: “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” Actually, in the 1948 classic “The...

Tiffany Schofield grew up watching Westerns with her grandfather (but agonized over the frail, clumsy women portrayed), and enjoyed horseback riding...

Sitting Bull strived to retain Lakota lifestyle and lands. He belonged to the Hunkpapa tribe of the Lakota people, also known as the Sioux. His...