22 Guns that Won the West!

22 Guns that Won the West!

The “Gun That Won the West” is a subject that many firearms and Old West aficionados love to discuss and debate. Was the so-called West-winning gun given this coveted title because of the great numbers in which it was produced, or for the work it accomplished? Or was...
The Australian Jesse James

The Australian Jesse James

Can a film be a Western if the story takes place on the other side of the globe? Writer-Director Matthew Holmes makes a convincing case. “In the ‘Wild West’ period, Australia and America had the same things happening at the same time—gold rushes, outlaws, lawmen, the...
Reverend Peabody Comes to Tombstone

Reverend Peabody Comes to Tombstone

In Tombstone in early 1882, the Reverend Endicott Peabody, a recent arrival from Boston preached a sermon titled The Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Cattle A cowboy who happened to be a well-known cattle thief took umbrage at the...
Bunkhouse Belly Cheaters

Bunkhouse Belly Cheaters

Bunkhouses served as the cowboy’s residence when he wasn’t out on roundups or driving cattle to market. His fellow cowboys became family. The cook who fed them all on the trail usually also fed them on the ranch. (Unless the cowboy worked for a smaller ranch that...
Pat Garrett’s Buffalo Hunt Adventure

Pat Garrett’s Buffalo Hunt Adventure

Prior to his rendezvous with destiny, Pat Garrett—like many frontier vagabonds—dabbled in several occupations, including buffalo hunting. Before he shot Billy the Kid, he had already killed a fellow hunter during one of the three winters he spent on the West Texas...