No Hollywood writer could invent the life of Richard King. He was born in New York in 1824 into an Irish family so poor that, at age 9, he...
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Travel & Preservation
Tombstone 25—A Western Classic’s Reunion
It’s not often that a movie becomes a cult classic almost immediately after its release, but such was the case with the 1993 motion picture...
Raised from the Dead
Looting, wildfires, pollution, vandalism, time, the elements—Western ghost towns have lots of enemies. Thankfully, they’ve also got friends like...
Following the Bent Brothers
So much of the Western story begins in St. Louis, and the tale of William and Charles Bent is no exception. From a family of eleven children, the...
Western Events for November 2018
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this November. Pictured above: Cowboys on Main Bandera, TX, November 3,10, 17 &...
True West’s Hometown
Residents of Cave Creek revere the town’s frontier beginnings and love the way it blends with the bohemian present. The two combine to make a...
Take Your Christmas Holiday Celebration to a New Level
Created in 1982, Christmas at Old Fort Concho covers the 40 acres/24 buildings of one of the best-preserved frontier forts west of the Mississippi....
Hell on Wheels
A century and a half ago the Iron Horse galloped across the prairie and plains of Nebraska then over and around the mountains and across the...
Western Events for October 2018
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this October. Prescott’s Folk Music Festival Prescott, AZ, October 6-7: Sharlot Hall...
Fort Smith, Arkansas: Where the Old West Begins
Isaac C. Parker did a lot to make the frontier settlement of Fort Smith famous, and all these years later, the so-called hanging judge might as well...
Western Events for September 2018
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this September. Pictured above: Elko County Fair & Horse Races Elko, NV, Aug....
Pursuing Outlaw Sam Bass
There wasn’t much to Big Springs, Nebraska, in 1877. As Al Sorenson noted in his 1877 book, Hands Up! The History of a Crime, Big Springs was “a...