Where did old John Selman go after he killed John Wesley Hardin and why did he get 25 years in the calaboose as “Wes” did in 1876? Nick Nixon St....
What can you tell me about the Western author and poet S. Omar Barker? He and my father were cowboys together in Arizona and New Mexico back in the...
I’m trying to get into rope braiding with horsehair and leather but can’t find anyone in my area to help me get started. Can you help me? Marv Olson...
Anyone who can write about mining towns and mountain men with the same passion he puts into tales of the California gold rush or early Oregon must...
Some believe John Miller was hired to assassinate Pat Garrett. How many men did John Miller kill during his career and how did he finally die?...
Stroll down the main street of Cody, Wyoming and you will notice it has a different ambiance than many of the other Old West towns that beckon...
Since 1955, he has towered above all Western lawmen—at least those on television. That’s not just because James Arness, better known as Marshal...
Many have claimed that Jesse James, America’s most notorious bandit, was a Robin Hood who took from the rich and gave to the poor. Others have...
The ragged remnants of the James-Younger Gang rode south out of Northfield—six men on five horses. All of them were wounded (see sidebar, next...
September 7, 1876 It’s just past 2:00 p.m. when three horsemen wearing matching white linen dusters dismount in front of the First National Bank in...
Most Jesse James buffs take as gospel that the famous bandit invented the daylight bank robbery and that he was never arrested. Both of these...
Could a 21st-century family survive in 1883 Montana? That’s the question PBS tried to answer in its excellent six-hour Frontier House, a WNET...