On this summer month, when most Civil War minds think about the events 150 years ago at a town called Gettysburg, I’d like to draw your attention to...

July 19, 1878 As a raging fire engulfs another room, Alexander McSween and his men move into the kitchen, the last standing room of his adobe home...

Beginning July 18, 1881, with telegrams from the Gazette and Optic newspapers in Las Vegas, word spread throughout New Mexico Territory and the...

For the first half of the 20th century, Warner Brothers did not have a signature cowboy star. John Wayne toiled in its early talkies, but the 1930s...

I’ve read that Sheriff John Behan was a scoundrel in Tombstone during the trouble years. Is that the case? Chuck Sawyer Phoenix, Arizona I’ve never...

When were photos first put on wanted posters? B.R. Fleenor Springfield, Tennessee In the classic era of the Old West—1870s and 1880s—most reward...

Wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what gun Wyatt Earp used in the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral. The biggest misconception about...

Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. • ADVENTURE Double RAFTER CATTLE DRIVES Ranchester, WY, June 29-July 6 & July...

History reports that “Hanging Judge” Isaac Charles Parker sentenced 156 men (and four women) to death. The good judge, though, begged to differ. “I...

A friend once told me a story about being alone with the Lincolns at Honest Abe’s tomb. As it doesn’t get more American than that, I figured I had...

Billy the Kid is best known for his time in New Mexico, but did he also spend time in Arizona? Jim Hanson Tempe, Arizona Henry McCarty visited...

Berkley: The Gila Wars by Larry D. Sweazy (May); Hell’s Angel by Peter Brandvold (June); The Reluctant Pinkerton by Robert J. Randisi (July); The...