A gunfight at the OK Hotel spurs a controversy. Rose of Cimarron was first introduced to readers in 1915 in a little red paper-covered book titled...
Who is Rose of Cimarron?
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Robert G. McCubbin
Capturing Protectors Of Peace
Rare shots of Old West lawmen with firearms—and without.
Robert G. McCubbin
I started collecting because I liked to read and wanted to keep every book and not have to return it to a library. My first book collection was...
The Many Faces of Billy the Kid
Some 126 years ago, a traveling photographer snapped a picture in the remote frontier community of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, that would become one of...
Liquor, Cards and Guns
Saloons, with their gambling tables and faro layouts, lined the streets of Old West frontier towns. The predominantly male population had few...
The West’s Greatest Chiefs
They were the leaders of the Indians, whether they conducted war with their traditional enemies, resisted the European invasion, practiced spiritual...
A Blood-Stained Memento
They met that March 11, 1884, in Austin, Texas, by chance or plan ... we don’t know for sure. But their meeting was to be an historic and a tragic...
Hardy as Bears
The first white men in the Rocky Mountains were trappers who became known as Mountain Men, arriving decades before Lewis and Clark. Many were of...
Genuine Cowboys Captured Alive
The cowboy is the most popular American folk hero, readily recognized all around the world. But many would be hard put to name any working cowboys...
Capturing Protectors of Peace
Many deserving Old West lawmen have not received their due in history. We all know the ones who have questionable aspects to their careers and were...
Who is Rose of Cimarron?
Rose of Cimarron, mystery woman. Rose of Cimarron was first introduced to readers in 1915 in a little red paper-covered book titled Oklahoma...
Rare Images of the Old West
Photography became available just in time to capture most of the Westward movement of our nation. Although too late for the Spanish Southwest and...