There are a number of terms for playing a joke on somebody but one of the most interesting word origins for such schemes is called “joshing.” Its...

How many billions have been spent over the years searching for a cure for one of the top killers? How many careers have been launched seeking an...

When it comes to Arizona cattle ranches, one famous spread had the unsavory reputation of having “the thievinist, fightinest’ bunch of cowboys in...

Clifford Jackman’s remarkably assured historical novel, The Winter Family (Doubleday, $25.95), recounts the exploits of a gang of former union...

William Rudolph, known as the Missouri Kid, was a handsome con man and bank robber who kept lawmen on their toes in the early 1900s. Born in 1883,...

Stagecoach travelers were far more likely to perish from accidents, bad water or what passed for food at the stage stops than an outlaw’s bullets....

Lily Casey was 14 when she met Billy the Kid in New Mexico.  She was impressed:  “The Kid was active and graceful as a cat. At Seven Rivers he...

During the early days of life in Tombstone the main only diversion was playing cards but that soon changed as the business district developed. They...

That's one of the legacies of Susan “Doc Suzy” Anderson, one of the first female doctors in the west. She found it hard to practice her profession...

On the eve of the release of The Revenant, inspired by the true story of Hugh Glass’s fight for life, the film rights to the character of Grizzly...

In the movie Tombstone, the Cowboys are identified by the red sashes they wear around their waists.  That never happened (although it made for a...

William Whitney Brazelton is well known for his stagecoach holdups and unorthodox choice of armaments. What many don’t know, is that “Brazen Bill”...