Charlie Russell is special because he combined artwork with authentic cowboys, Indians, history and a drink or two. Good man, that Charlie. For...

What made John Wesley Hardin such an effective gunfighter? Kerry Creech Lake City, Florida John Wesley Hardin was apparently fearless in the face of...

What happened to Chuck Connors? Dan Clutter Denison, Iowa Born in 1921, Chuck Connors is best remembered for his role of Lucas McCain on The...

Who was the last Old West gunfighter? Scott Karkos Las Vegas, Nevada Answering that question is difficult. Some obscure gunfighters did not attract...

Did Wild Bill Hickok allow for trajectory in his 1865 duel? Bill Sutton Glendale, Arizona James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok’s shoot-out against Davis...

“I knew Wyatt Earp...I was an assistant prop boy then...and he told me about the fight at the O.K. Corral.” John Ford’s statement to Peter...

Sherry Monahan admits she didn’t read her first Western until she was in her thirties—she was hooked on Agatha Christie. A native of New Jersey, she...

Focusing on an era after the railroads provided viable visitor access to the West but before the rise of the automobile, J. Philip Gruen’s...

New lawman Wyatt Earp tries to figure out who killed a prostitute in John Shirley’s Wyatt in Wichita: A Historical Novel. “When I could,” Shirley...

Women of the wild West were tough. Michael Rutter’s Boudoirs to Brothels: The Intimate World of Wild West Women illustrates their fortitude, bravery...

Thirty years before the American Colonies’ Declaration of Independence, Juan Bautista de Anza II was born at the Spanish Empire’s presidio outpost,...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, in peacetime and on bloody fields of war, Henry L. Abbot engineered the infrastructure of a new...