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17 Epic Facts about the Transcontinental Railroad
When the Golden Spike connected Central Pacific and Union Pacific rails at Promontory Summit, Utah, in May 1869,…
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The 1960s and ’70s ushered in a golden era of Old West magazine publishing, and today these aged-but-entertaining…
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10 Interesting Facts About Long Branch Saloon, Dodge City’s Infamous Watering Hole
Fans of the television show Gunsmoke may have fond memories of the Long Branch, Dodge City, Kansas’s lively…
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The classic 1993 Western Tombstone is full of memorable quotes from Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the infamous…
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Flint Knapping: Stone Age Technology that Built the First Nations
For thousands of years, the Native American people of North America relied on stone arrowheads and project points…
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Curly Bill Brocius Shot and Killed by Wyatt Earp: Fake News or the Real Deal?
William “Curly Bill” Brocius was only on Arizona’s Old West scene for a little more than three years,…
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These seven ghost towns in California show glimpses of just how the ’49ers lived in their pursuit of…
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In an essay published in the July-August 1845 issue of The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, John…
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From a distasteful painting that got people killed, to the unlikely location of a Civil War battle, these…
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No single gun won the West, but these 10 firearms certainly carved a niche in its history. The…
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The Origins of Scalping: A True and Surprising History
Native Americans may have invented scalping, but European contact accelerated it.
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7 Facts about Johnny Ringo You Won’t Learn from Movies
Johnny Ringo was a charismatic, B-list thug with an A-list reputation in American West history. Best known as…