What is the purpose of a saddle ring? Judy Sims Crane, Texas Saddle rings were used on military carbines beginning with the dragoons, the...
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The May 1975 Real West magazine published a photo, submitted by George Hart, featuring numerous Old West icons. Is it authentic?
The May 1975 Real West magazine published a photo, submitted by George Hart, featuring numerous Old West icons. Is it authentic? Bob “Buckshot”...
10 for 10: St. Louis, Missouri
1. See who’s who at the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Among the bronze stars and biographies you’ll find Western cinema favorites Buddy Ebsen and Robert...
Got a Spare?
The debate over whether frontiersmen carried spare loaded cylinders for their revolvers, during the era of percussion revolvers and into the age of...
Baseball’s Gateway to the West
The first baseball game played west of the Mississippi happened at Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 9, 1860, between the Cyclones and...
Traveling Through History
We handpicked six history-loving, trailblazing road aficionados for your sightseeing edification....
Wild Bunch Territory
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Larry Clarkson, a native Utahn, born and raised in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. He stills lives,...
Tracking the Texas Rangers
You’re Riding Shotgun With… David George, who orchestrated the turnaround of the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in San Antonio, further...
Gold Coast’s Badmen
You’re Riding Shotgun With… San Francisco-born John Boessenecker, who, as a boy, made annual vacation trips along this route with his...
Doc Holliday Slept Here
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Thomas J. Noel, who is truly “Dr. Colorado.” He has written more than 40 books on Colorado, he is a...
Custer & Cody Country
You’re Riding Shotgun With… Candy Moulton, a fourth-generation Westerner, who was reared on the Wyoming ranch her grandparents...
Cathouse Melee
April 5, 1894 Bass Outlaw is drunk. This isn’t news. He’s been described by fellow Texas Ranger Alonzo Oden as “so kind . . . more sympathetic, more...