Close to a half million boys under the age of 18 were involved in both the Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. Some historians...
Killer Kids of the Civil War
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Features & Gunfights
Ride that Train
Heritage railroads keep the Old West alive across the United States You never forget your first ride on steam-driven historic train. From Alaska to...
Collecting American Outlaws
Wilbur Zink has preserved the Younger Gang’s history in more ways than one. Growing up in Missouri in the 1930s, Wilbur Zink loved listening to...
Silver City Shoot-Out
The Gage Train Robbers vs. The Citizens of Silver City “We better charge them.” Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker | Based on the research of Bob...
Catching a Killer
How Bill Tilghman's hunt for outlaw Bill Doolin made the Oklahoma lawman a legend. When legendary lawman Bill Tilghman was killed in the line of...
Hero of Horsepower
Los Angeles lawman William Hammel tamed one of the West’s wildest towns with hard work and Horseless Carriages. Los Angeles, California. Not...
Renegades of the Rails
Railroads were open season for Oklahoma and Indian Territory outlaw gangs. Glenn Shirley, the late historian of Oklahoma’s frontier history of...
Doc Holliday Before He Went to Tombstone
New evidence of his life in Prescott reveals the gambler was on the move back and forth to New Mexico before joining the Earps in Cochise County....
Discover the West!
Summertime is the perfect season to enjoy a travel adventure across the Western United States. Every state has well-publicized scenic...
Tom Mix’s Last Sundown
This idol of millions spent his last evening on earth with old friends, old memories—but new hopes. And no Hollywood premiere was ever more dazzling...
A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
Bass Reeves vs. Jim Webb The master of the long shot, indeed Based on the research of Art Burton June 15, 1884 Out on the Whiskey...
The Last Hurrah
General John “Black Jack” Pershing assigned the Apache scouts from the 10th and 11th cavalry the task of tracking Pancho Villa. (Enjuh! It is...