The Billy the Kid Reader edited by Frederick Nolan, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, […]
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Wild West Book Review: Jay Cooke’s Gamble
Jay Cooke’s Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873 […]
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College of the Ozarks Has Legendary Guns
Poker Alice’s Frontier Colt in collection of 1,600. Long ago, a Utah rancher named […]
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The Past Comes Alive at Deadwood Museum
The Adams Museum tells the story of Wild Bill.
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Ghost Town: St. Elmo, Colorado
In 1875 prospector Dr. Abner Ellis Wright struck gold in Colorado’s remote Chalk Creek […]
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The Cowboy Rock Art of Tinchera Pass
At a remote geographical site in southeast Colorado called ‘the Wall,’ some of the […]
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Out of the West, Into the Western
Among the real-life Wild West characters who went reeling into moving pictures were Buffalo […]
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Mo-chi: First Female Cheyenne Warrior
Also known as Buffalo Calf Woman, she survived the attacks by soldiers at Sand […]
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The Making of Wyatt Earp’s Legend
Wyatt Earp spent his last years trying to set the record straight on the story of his life. His biographer Stuart Lake had something more in mind: He was going to create the Icon of the American West. But the legend might never have been told if its author had run out of the patience it took to deal with Mrs. Earp.
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As Good As Little ‘Bits,’ Tokens Were a Big Hit
In saloons, tokens were convenient and valuable. Tokens, coinlike objects that have a stated […]