The formative years of the American West were teeming with treachery and provocative national and international politics—facts unmistakably voiced...

Josh Becker has watched 4,720 movies. After 36 years in the film industry, 42 screenplays, 20 years’ worth of TV shows and seven feature films, he...

Where did the idea for a star-shaped lawman’s badge originate? Lavonn Jensen Pine City, Minnesota Primitive societies believed the star possessed...

Who is California Joe? Devere Beach Wadsworth, Ohio Moses Embree Milner, a.k.a. California Joe, had quite an illustrious career as an adventurer,...

I watched a Western showing entire wagons sunk in quicksand. Did that really happen in the Old West? Dan Winrow Sioux Falls, South Dakota. You must...

What is the Bisbee Massacre? Victoria Clark Sedona, Arizona On December 8, 1883, in the southeast Arizona town of Bisbee, five bad boys—Dan Dowd,...

What is the purpose of a saddle ring? Judy Sims Crane, Texas Saddle rings were used on military carbines beginning with the dragoons, the...

The May 1975 Real West magazine published a photo, submitted by George Hart, featuring numerous Old West icons. Is it authentic? Bob “Buckshot”...

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...

The debate over whether frontiersmen carried spare loaded cylinders for their revolvers, during the era of percussion revolvers and into the age of...