They said Cattle Kate was a dirty rustler and a filthy whore. They cried out, “rangeland justice,” when she became the only woman ever lynched in...

From 1880 to 1918, Fort Worth struggled to grow into a “city of substance.” During the 1880s, it became a major railroad hub. However, Fort Worth...

Thanks to an unlikely visionary’s humble efforts to preserve California’s Yosemite Valley and nearby giant redwoods, new generations of adventurers...

(Warner Archive, $40.99) This collection of seven Johnny Mack Brown “Nevada Jack McKenzie” adventures, plus a bonus pair, demonstrates why Brown,...

What happened to Old West gunman “Mysterious” Dave Mather? Johnny “Arizona” Crawley Salem, Oregon Well, that is a mystery. Dave Mather was born in...

In the cowboy song “Old Paint,” the singer sings, “I lead an old Dan,” that he’s on his way to Montana to “throw the hoolihan” and that the “fiery...

Most people have heard of Calamity Jane, once promoted as The Famous Woman Scout of the Wild West. But do we really know who she was? After losing...

  When I shot my first episode of The Tall Man, Universal Studios found a wonderful pasture by the freeway, which had dozens and dozens of cars...

I’ve waited until May to come back, figuring that a late fall or early winter trip would be too depressing. Besides, driving across rural...

By most accounts, the death of 24-year-old John Tunstall was little more than a cold-blooded assassination. His murder was the spark that ignited...

Spend some time with the new edition of Loren D. Estleman’s The Wister Trace: Assaying Classic Western Fiction, Second Edition, and you’ll remember...

As an attempt to raise Tom Logan to the level of Wyatt Earp and other legendary Old West lawmen, this book falls short, as there is little to...