David Crockett tried to live down the reputation of his kinsman and namesake of Alamo fame. This Crockett was in a Cimarron, NM bar—very drunk—when...

Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa knew the value of good publicity. Mutual Film Corporation knew the potential profits of silver screen war. So...

The nation’s only interstate historic, narrow-gauge railway, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New...

Most of Fleming Parker’s outlawry was rustling livestock but during a jailbreak he shot and killed a popular attorney in Prescott. Yavapai Sheriff...

Most Old West badmen had mentors that led them to the dark side.  For famed outlaw Sam Bass (see photo), that man was Henry Underwood. A fellow...

When most people think of gambling in the old west Poker comes to mind. However, despite what many modern westerns would have us believe, the king...

It's no secret that cattle ranching was a lucrative business—after all, Cheyenne, Wyoming was considered the wealthiest city in the world in the mid...

The 1867 Treaty of Medicine Lodge reserved much of the Texas Panhandle as hunting lands for the Indians, however white buffalo hunters ignored the...

On Friday, June 26, 2015, the Western Writers of America held a historic induction of the first class of living authors to the Western Writers Hall...

The summer after William “Billy the Kid” McCarty cheated his hangman and successfully broke out of jail, killing two guards during his escape,...

Bill Longley, cold-blooded killer of many men, had a brutal end.  On October 11, 1878 he was hanged for murder in Giddings, TX. But the executioners...

A cowboy in the old west wasn't dressed until he tied on his kerchief. That little piece of cloth had so many uses: A dust mask when herding cattle;...