Utah author Rod Miller latest book The Lost Frontier: Momentous Moments in the Old West You May Have Missed (TwoDot, $18.95) is a fun, action-packed...
How many Indians died at the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn?
How many Indians died at the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn? Vanessa Grandos Scottsdale, Arizona The best number to go by is 31 warriors plus 10...
Cowboy Grub
After spring roundups, cowboys herded their cattle out on the trail, heading to a cowtown with a railroad station where the cattle could be...
Doc and Wyatt Split
So what caused Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to split up—as friends and Vendetta Ride colleagues—in 1882? In a 1940 letter, former New Mexico governor...
Three-Legged Willie Williamson
They called him Three-legged Willie but before anyone starts drawin’ conclusions; Robert Williamson was famous Texas veteran of the Battle of San...
Who Cleaned Up Cochise County?
If you believe popular history and the movies, Wyatt Earp cleaned up outlaw-infested Cochise County at the O.K. Corral in 1881. If you are a fan of...
If Billy the Kid would have been given a fair trial in the Cahill incident, would the Kid have been convicted of murder or a lesser charge?
If Billy the Kid would have been given a fair trial in the Cahill incident, would the Kid have been convicted of murder or a lesser charge?...
Best of the West 2016: Western Movies DVDs & TV Shows
As this special issue honors the best pictures of cowboys, it certainly seems fitting that we also honor the best Cowboy Pictures, those movies that...
Tumbleweed Wagons
A tumbleweed wagon was a jail on wheels used to take prisoners to a more permanent jail or prison. They called em “tumbleweed wagons” because like...
The 100 Best Historical Photos of the American Cowboy
Rise of the Cowboy Before the Mexican-American War concluded in 1848, American traders who traveled to the Western frontier encountered Spanish...
The Regulators’ Worst Enemy
William Rynerson (in photo) is best known as a prosecuting attorney and enemy of the Regulators in the Lincoln County War. But he gained special...
Harry Morse vs Narato Ponce
It took Alameda County (CA) Sheriff Harry Morse (in photo) two tries to take down gunslinger Narato Ponce. Ponce was wanted for murder when Morse...