“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something important.” Allegedly, Francisco “Pancho” Villa spoke these final words to a group of...

Western author Win Blevins will receive the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature at the Western Writers of America...

It was a hard end for Billy the Kid pal Tom Folliard on December 19, 1880. Pat Garrett and posse ambushed the gang that evening at Fort Sumner, NM,...

The History Channel, on the boot heels of FOX News documentary series, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies: The Real West, has debuted its...

Nellie Cashman was a restless adventurer who ranged the Old West for fifty years prospecting for gold and spreading good cheer wherever she...

As unappetizing as it sounds, this was the “go to" recipe in the Old West when all other ingredients were scarce. One recipe calls for 2 tablespoons...

One of the most famous phrases of the 19th century, “Go West, young man!” reportedly inspired thousands of Eastern Americans to find their fortunes...

As the sun went down on Saturday night May 23, 2015, in Winterset, Iowa, Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, with special guest star, Opry...

Like most Texas cattlemen, John Pinckney Calhoun Higgins, was mighty handy with a gun and was not a man to trifle with. He’s not exactly a household...

Governor John St. John, with the backing of the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union, forced the legislature to pass a constitutional...

Butch Cassidy was tired of the outlaw trail.  So in 1899, he tried to cut a deal to gain his freedom. The details are cloudy, but it appears that he...

On May 23, 2015, over 1,000 fans, friends, family, honorary guests and dignitaries, from as far away as Australia, Ireland and France, gathered in...