English author Winston Ramsey loves the history of the Old West. His passion for the historic places, towns, trails, events and characters is now...

Poker Alice, the colorful "Queen of the Western Gamblers," was both gambler and madam. She smoked long, black cheroots and packed a six-shooter.  ...

Fire was a constant threat in the West. There is barely a western settlement that doesn't include a historical note on the day it “burned to the...

I cowboyed with a man named John Tisdale in Wyoming in my youth. Didn’t a man by that name get killed in the Johnson County War? R.W. Garvey...

The Colt revolver is one of the best known weapons of the Old West. However, for a short period of time, Samuel Colt had competition from T.P....

Mustard was a colorful pantry staple used to flavor many dishes during the Old West era. The zesty condiment also had seedier sides, as a...

Iron Eyes Cody was actually of Italian descent rather than American Indian. The son of immigrants from Italy, his real name was Espera or "Oscar"...

Andrew Patrick Nelson’s thoughtful book, Still in the Saddle: The Hollywood Western, 1969-1980, makes the central point that most of the Westerns...

Gunman Ben Thompson (right) had his photo taken on March 11, 1884—and promptly signed and gave it to his friend, fellow shootist King Fisher (left)....

They came West for myriad reasons, integrating on the High Plains and in the Rocky Mountains, blending cultures as they met American Indians. Fur...

“Tongue nor pen can ever tell the sorrow,” says a heartbreaking film on the tragic 1856 Mormon handcart disaster at the Handcart Historic Site near...

Set in the decade following the Civil War, Joe R. Lansdale’s latest novel, Paradise Sky, recounts the story of infamous African-American cowboy and...