Oklahoma and the Indian Territory provided some of the West’s wildest history including one of its deadliest gunfights. The battle occurred on...

Cowboys had “war bags,” too It was the sack where he kept all his personal possessions, as meager as they usually were. It contained extra...

Emmett Dalton was in trouble, in a Coffeyville, KS doctor’s office with more than 20 wounds after his gang attempted to rob two banks on October 5,...

Pioneer Jack Swilling should be remembered for his many contributions to Arizona—but his legacy is clouded by a robbery charge.Born John W. Swilling...

Children soothed their thirst by scraping their fingernails on barrack windows to capture frost and warded off hunger by chewing on leather. After...

"Don’t move,” ordered the thug with the heavy revolver, as he shoved its muzzle into the surprised and helpless detective’s chest. “I’m on to  you,...

The American West was vast, lonely and wild. Railroads made it a little less so for travelers, but for the engineers and their crews, the building...

During an era of official segregation in the U.S. Army, chaplains ministered to both black and white Union regiments fighting in the Civil War....

The legend of the Bascom Affair casts Lt. George Bascom in the worst possible, unfair light, blaming him for starting 11 years of bloody warfare....

In the iconic photograph, a group of stone-faced men stare stolidly back at the camera, giving no indication that theirs was a celebratory pose, an...

In just one short year, the Brown Palace had become one of the leading hotels in the frontier West. Its reputation was such that, in September 1893,...

If you’ve been looking for something different in a Western story, Doug Hocking may have the novel for you. Set in 1860s New Mexico, Mystery of...