Before gold was discovered in January 1848 at Sutter’s Mill on the South Fork of the American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas east of...

Was Billy the Kid’s girlfriend pregnant at the time he was killed? Paul Cullor Prescott, Arizona Some experts think so. In The West of Billy the...

How many men did Doc Holliday kill? Russ Charles Albuquerque, New Mexico John Henry “Doc” Holliday’s reputation as the “deadly dentist” is greatly...

When were boots and shoes fitted for left and right feet? Larry Smith Scottsdale, Arizona Left- and right-footed shoes were introduced first by...

What is known about a couple of outlaws called Harpe? Walter Sarafin Shawnee, Kansas Wiley “Little” Harpe and Micajah “Big” Harpe are dubiously...

  Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West! ART SHOWS American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell Omaha, NE,...

He was one of the pros. The six-foot-seven gentle giant directed movie stars by letting them do what they did best, while he created seamless...

For most descendants of African slaves born prior to the Civil War, the path to freedom was usually a covert and perilous foot journey to exile in...

We will be a living institution. We will offer experiences. We will be the storytellers.” That’s how museum director Michael J. Fox describes his...

If you visit Las Vegas, New Mexico—and you should, considering all the Old West history that’s still alive there—head to the park blooming in the...

On his way from Illinois to California in 1852, William Henry Hart wrote, “The bacon too that I had  always disliked even the sight of, became very...

August 1835 The large French-Canadian trapper Joseph Chouinard is roaring drunk and on a day-long rampage at the annual trapper’s rendezvous on the...