The once lawless cattle town is now one of the West’s most historic Old West destinations. The railhead town of Abilene, Kansas, had a wild...
Abilene, Kansas
read more
Kansas
A Lead Pipe Cinch
The strange marker at an outlaw grave. After the failed Dalton Gang raid on Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892, local residents were angry. So...
Kansas’s Santa Fe Trail
Traversing the Sunflower State from Leavenworth to Dodge City Timing, as they say, is everything and that certainly proved true for Missouri trader...
Trailing Them North
Follow the Western Cattle Trail from Bandera, Texas, to Miles City, Montana. All Images by Johnny D. Boggs Unless Otherwise Indicated Blame...
Little-Known Effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...
Love Overcomes All
Rowdy Joe Lowe ended up with a woman hurt in his gunfight. Competing saloon owners Red Beard and Rowdy Joe Lowe (photo) took their enmity to a new...
Little-Known Effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...
The Saga of Emporia
William Allen White made a small western paper into an internationally respected publication. William Allen White was born to be a newspaperman....
Death From Above The only casualty of the sacking of Lawrence, KS—hit by falling debris.
About 800 pro-slavery men attacked the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas on May 21, 1856. The invaders aimed to destroy the buildings of...
Wide Open Spaces and Western Wonderlands
The summer of 2021 is a great time to travel across these Old West highways. The West is a grand place to travel, and its many highways and...
Wichita, Kansas
The once wild and woolly cowtown still celebrates its Old West heritage. The arrival of the railroad in 1872 transformed this trading post...
To the Death A duel featured knives, guns and fatalities.
In 1873, Arthur McCluskie was seeking revenge for the death of his brother two years earlier. He tracked down the killer, Hugh Anderson, in Medicine...