As the stagecoach gently rumbled through the soft dirt, I cradled my sawed-off scattergun, ready for trouble. A shot suddenly rang out from behind...
Scattergun Sidekicks Reunite
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Forts of the Northern Plains
I have a hankering to put some more miles on my car, so I fill my gas tank and head west to visit some of the forts established in the Intermountain...
Cuchillo Crusader
A family of wild turkeys is to thank for Josh Bond and his heroic efforts to save an abandoned town almost everyone has overlooked. It was 14 years...
Mrs. Custer at the Movies
Elizabeth Bacon Custer—keeper of the flame for George Armstrong Custer, her husband who famously died at the Little Big Horn in 1876—was also an...
The Holy Grail for Sale
The Billy the Kid tintype is on the auction block, and it might just clear half a million. Back in December 1880, New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew...
The Charms of Ranch Life
Here are 21 guest ranches we recommend that promise to offer what Theodore Roosevelt first extolled in his 1885 Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: “The...
Celebrating Buffalo Bill
Johnny Baker founded the Buffalo Bill Museum in 1921 near William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s grave on Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado. It was the...
July 2011 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West. Now through July 4...Prescott, AZ, Prescott Frontier Days: Since 1888, a rodeo...
Woolies & Chinks
For all its gritty Old West authenticity, the Coen brothers’ 2010 movie version of Charles Portis’s book True Grit includes some near misses, time...
Buckskin Bessie Treasures
“Spose Ma will think I am crazy but this is a circus anyone need not be ashamed of. “All nice girls, no swearing or anything rough, we are not...
The Legacy of C.B. Irwin and the Y-6 Ranch
Even though the dollar is not what it used to be, a few bargains can still be had. For example, a paltry $16 million will purchase a breathtaking...
How long did the Old West wagon train era last?
How long did the Old West wagon train era last? James Rowley Laingsburg, Michigan The wagon trains first began heading west in the early 1820s with...