Her name was Pauline Wayne. She weighed 1,500 pounds. She was black and white. She produced a remarkable 8 gallons of milk a day—25 percent more...

One of the West's bigger than life characters was Jim Bridger—mountain man, trapper, scout, guide, storyteller. Bridger married three times—all...

On September 17th, 1868 Colonel Sandy Forsythe’s band of scouts found themselves surrounded by several hundred Cheyenne Dog Soldiers led chief Roman...

Known as the “Hub City” because it is the crossroads of culture, economy and education of the Southern Plains of West Texas, Lubbock, Texas is a...

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...