June 1, 1887 Absent from duty for five days, the Apache Kid, along with four other Apache scouts under his command, rides single file into the...

June 1, 1887 Absent from duty for five days, the Apache Kid, along with four other Apache scouts under his command, rides single file into the...
Why were post-mortem photos taken of Harvey Logan a.k.a. Kid Curry?Juha NakariUnited KingdomI went to Wild Bunch historian Dan Buck for this one. He...
How much did a good cowboy hat cost, and how long did it last?Master Sgt. Howard WilliamsDeer Park, TexasThe original Stetson hat sold for $5....
What were the pay scales for Old West lawmen? Ted R. Holland Cornelius, North...
Did cowboy poets perform in the Old West?David HiellerWickenburg, ArizonaYep, they sure did. Most of the early-day cowboys wrote poems based on a...
What happened to real-life saloon owner Al Swearengen, famously...
Cheyenne, as a series, didn’t exactly break new ground as the show progressed. It didn’t need to, because it had a perfect formula: stacks of...
Of the eight features in this Monogram B-Westerns collection, two are in color (Cinecolor), and they both star Rod Cameron, who might have reached a...
The Big Trail, director Raoul Walsh’s epic covered wagon frontier Western, keeps getting better and better. Released in 1930, it was everything a...
Henry Fonda was rounding 60 when he started working in a handsome number of Westerns, particularly 1965’s The Rounders, directed by Burt Kennedy....
Harley Brown is a man of many faces. He is Canadian. He has a Russian alter ego. He was an English expatriate. But above all else, he is an artist....
1. For a bicycling adventure you’ll talk about for years, ride the Route of the Hiawatha, crossing the rugged Bitterroot Mountains. Pass through...