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The Wild Wild West

by Henry Cabot Beck | Oct 2, 2006

The Wild Wild West was a hit for boomer kids who came through the glut of TV Westerns in the late 1950s, only to stumble into puberty with James...

F Troop

by Henry Cabot Beck | Oct 2, 2006

F Troop was a cavalry comedy that lasted two seasons, 1965-67, and burrowed into the pop cultural cache of a generation who likened it to the...

A Silver Screen Peacemaker Set

by Phil Spangenberger | Oct 2, 2006

When it comes to silver screen legends, few are as beloved as cowboy heroes Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger. These celluloid range riders have...

The Great Northfield Raid

by Johnny D. Boggs | Oct 2, 2006

Robbing the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, wasn’t the best career move The Boys ever made. The Boys included Frank and Jesse James,...

Following the Bootmaker Trail

by Johnny D. Boggs | Oct 2, 2006

Tourists go on whiskey tours in Scotland, bootmaker Lee Miller tells me, so why not take a custom bootmaker tour in America? Could get a little...

The International O.K. Corral

by Pamela J. Potter | Oct 2, 2006

The shots heard ’round the world ... the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.” Those shots still reverberate today in the world of politics, sports and gun...

Gunfighter in Gotham

by Mark Boardman | Oct 2, 2006

In the early 1900s, Bat Masterson left the wilds of the West for the bright lights of New York. But the Wild West spirit never really left him....

Hell’s In Session

by Bob Boze Bell | Oct 2, 2006

December 17, 1881 Cowboy James Talbot gets word that his Texas pards are in a jam—again. Hitching a ride on a passing wagon, he and former Deputy...

The 125th Anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

by TW Editors | Oct 2, 2006

“Boys, you have got to give up your arms.” If the McLaurys and Clantons had heeded Sheriff Johnny Behan’s request, October 26, 1881, would have been...