The best time the young Pony Express riders set was in March of 1861, when they delivered the text of President Lincoln's inaugural speech from St....

The bawdy houses produced a litany of ladies with colorful sobriquets. The tender feelings western men had for these ladies are shown in the...

As the book review editor for True West magazine, I receive calls, emails and announcements on new books almost every day. But, I never expected to...

It seems a bit strange that two of the baddest guys of the Old West were preacher’s kids. Jesse James’ father was a well-known Baptist minister in...

After Pancho Villa and his bandits raided Columbus, New Mexico, and the troops stationed there on March 9, 1916, Brig. Gen. John “Black Jack”...

Theaters were a popular form of entertainment in early Arizona and the first moving pictures came to the towns in the 1890’s.  They were shown...

Actor Sir Christopher Lee, who many consider the greatest Dracula in cinema history, as well as an outstanding cinematic Sherlock Holmes, died on...

Tiburcio Vasquez was—and is—regarded as a freedom fighter to at least some folks.  But his own people ultimately turned on the California...

Everyone makes mistakes. Some are silly. Some are deadly. Among the deadly mistakes in the wild west—an entire book could be written about this...

The West turned out to be the richest treasure trove of natural resources in the history of the civilized world. And the chance to get rich quick as...

Sixty years ago Davy Crockett was not only king of the wild frontier on TV, he was king of the box office for Walt Disney. In 1954-1955, Walt Disney...

Buffalo Bill is commonly considered the founding father of Cody, Wyoming. And while that’s a perfectly reasonable assumption, credit really should...