Have you ever wanted to own a gun used in a Western film by one of your favorite cowboy stars…or even one packed by one of the supporting actors in...

Did you ever look inside your Stetson and wonder who painted the poignant rendering of a cowboy watering his horse from his hat? In my humble...

For Charles Stewart Stobie, the decision to travel from Eastern cities to the Indian lands in the rugged American West would last a lifetime....

One of the most intriguing mysteries of the Old West concerns the disappearance of the Kansas murder family known as the Benders. From October 1870...

When introduced to the world as Greta Garbo’s young lover in Camille, Robert Taylor was promoted as the  “Male Garbo.” Movie after movie focused on...

In November 8, 1887, gambler and gunfighter John Henry “Doc” Holliday finally played his last hand, succumbing to the tuberculosis that dogged him...

The history of New Mexico is long and complex. The collaborative effort of authors Joseph P. Sánchez, Robert L. Spude and Art Gómez, New Mexico: A...

The California Gold Rush never stops inspiring stories, and now we have Malcolm J. Rohrbough’s Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold...

If you like shoot-’em-ups and have never heard of Tom Bell, Jeff Milton or Rufus Buck, then you might enjoy this modest volume. Robert Barr Smith’s...

Over the last century, critics have struggled with categorizing the literature of the American West, sweeping laureates of the genre such as Mark...

Nothing says the American West better than the word beef. The beef craze of the 1860s-80s inspired pioneers to create new recipes. The cattle trade...

Mustaches, hats, boots and vests became sartorial staples among males in the American West during the 1800s. Case in point is the accompanying...