
Jim Bridger: Trailblazing Raconteur & Mountain Man of the West
Sitting around evening campfires, Jim Bridger, one of the Old West’s funniest trail guides, frontiersmen, trappers, and explorers,…
Sitting around evening campfires, Jim Bridger, one of the Old West’s funniest trail guides, frontiersmen, trappers, and explorers,…
The Spencer repeating rifle was one of the first successful repeating rifles in the world, and ultimately changed…
“…being armed with breech-loaders they [the Sharpshooters] could lie low, and without changing position reload and fire ten…
Traditional American tattoos may be rooted in the open seas of the 1800s, but vast Western landscapes inspired…
The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806 was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the…
In the early hours of May 23, 1934, Frank Hamer, a tough-as-nails Texas Ranger with a deep, authoritative…
The Unsinkable Molly Brown is forever associated with the RMS Titanic, the ill-fated luxury liner that struck an…
The Chisholm Trail is renowned for cattle, cowboys, chuck wagons, and nearly everything iconic about the Old West.…
On November 28, 1965, a local television station in North Texas aired a special about a discovery outside…
When the smoke cleared from the side lot of C. S. Fly’s photography studio, just six doors down…
Judge Roy Bean was the worst and most colorful dispenser of justice of the Old West. To fall…
The American cowboy occupies a revered position in history, folklore, and popular culture. The most famous figures of…