According to one of the many legends of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Etta Place in South America, two men and one…
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A Legend is Born How a Pennsylvania Kid went West, became the Sundance Kid and joined Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
The Sundance Kid, whose real name was Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, is inextricably linked to the better-known Butch Cassidy,…
Butch & Sundance & Pike & Dutch How two films from the summer of ’69 changed Westerns forever.
Every period picture, consciously or not, reflects two periods, the time in which the story is set, and the time the fil…
Billy the Tintype The facts behind the only existing image of the American outlaw weave a story of intrigue and mystery.
“He is, in all, quite a handsome looking fellow.” That was the opinion of a newspaperman fortunate enough to obtain an i…
The Most Dangerous Street in America In the 1870s, Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, was the murder capital of America.
The Lincoln County War was exceptionally violent, and much of that violence occurred in the small town of Lincoln, New M…
Edgar Rice Burroughs Hunted the Apache Kid Two years soldiering in the Arizona Territory at Fort Grant provided decades of creative inspiration for Tarzan’s creator.
Dateline: Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, Saturday, May 23, 1896. Edgar Rice Burroughs, age 20, arrived here today to beg…
Deadwood Déjà Vu After a 13-year hiatus, the cast and crew re-team to finish the tale.
“It’s Doc Cochran’s office—I’m sure of it! And there’s the Bella Union!” Over a decade after HBO’s Deadwood had le…
Calamity Jane: The Devil in Buckskins The summer of 1876 remains the legendary wild woman of the West’s defining season.
The year 1876 proved the turning point in Calamity Jane Canary’s career. It began with two quick trips to the Black Hill…
Deadwood’s Al Swearingen The rise and fall of the notorious purveyor of sin and his infamous saloon.
The night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day shall fold up their tents… and…silently steal aw…
Bullock: No Bull The true story behind the Deadwood legend.
Seth Bullock. The name is pretty much synonymous with Deadwood and law enforcement. You can picture him in your mind—or …