Charlie Utter (right in photo) is best known as a sidekick to Wild Bill Hickok, but he had quite the life beyond that. Born in Niagara Falls, NY in...

Charley Parkhurst moved from New Hampshire to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. Once there, Charley became a stage driver—one of the best in the...

Tombstone’s Allen Street is one of the most notorious in the Old West. On the north side of the street saloons were open 24 hours a day. In 1880,...

Johnny Fry (upper right in photo) was just 19 when he won a horse race in Missouri in 1860—and got a job. For Alexander Majors watched that race and...

Exaggeratin' and prevaricatin’ has long been a cherished right in the West and correctin' a liar is considered impolite. For example, anyone who's...

It’s the time of year when rattlesnakes are coming out of their dens after a long winter siesta. This time of the year they’re more likely to be out...

There’s an old folk song titled, “The Waggoner’s Lad” and the first lines were, “Hard luck is the fortune of all womenkind. They’re always...

Seth Bullock and Sol Star are directly responsible for the town of Belle Fourche, SD. The pair owned the land in the 1880s. They offered a right of...

Although Seth Bullock gets a lot of notoriety when it comes to Deadwood, his partner Sol Star actually was more prominent at the time. The...

March 25, 1877. The Joel Collins Gang tries to rob a stagecoach just outside Deadwood, DT. During the holdup, one of the outlaws shoots and kills...

One of the West’s earliest cattle drives occurred in 1854 when a cattleman named Tom Ponting drove a herd all the way from Texas to New York City....

The Battle of Little Bighorn is likely the most renowned battle in Western history. And, for many history aficionados, walking the hills and coulees...