Arts & Entertainment
14 Vintage Old West Magazines You Can Still Find Today
The 1960s and ’70s ushered in a golden era of Old West magazine publishing, and today these aged-but-entertaining…
Arts & Entertainment
29 of the Best Tombstone Movie Quotes (1993)
The 1993 Western film Tombstone is well-known for its signature quotes, from idioms like “I’m your huckleberry” to…
Indigenous History
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…
Outlaws
Curly Bill Brocius: Was He Really Shot and Killed by Wyatt Earp?
William “Curly Bill” Brocius was only on Arizona’s Old West scene for a little more than three years,…
Life in the West
7 Strange but True Stories of the American West
From a distasteful painting that got people killed, to the unlikely location of a Civil War battle, these…
Life in the West
10 Wild West Guns that Shaped the Old West (from Revolvers to Rifles)
Contrary to popular mythology, no single gun “won” the Wild West, but these ten firearms certainly carved a…
History
The Origins of Scalping: A True and Surprising History
Native Americans may have invented scalping, but European contact accelerated it.
Outlaws
7 Facts about Johnny Ringo You Won’t Learn from Movies
Best known as an outlaw who sided with the Cowboys against the Earps, Johnny Ringo has been portrayed…
Lawmen
8 Famous (and Infamous) Sheriffs of the Old West
The Old West had a reputation for being a lawless place and time. With all the gun-toting, cattle…
Outlaws
8 Murderous Facts about John Wesley Hardin
John Wesley Hardin was one of the Old West’s most notorious killers: a ruthless outlaw who once killed…
Life in the West
Soiled Doves: 5 Famous Prostitutes of the Old West
The vast majority of the settlers, trappers, prospectors, and outlaws of the Old West were men. Lonely, horny men.
Lost Mines & Treasure
Lost Treasure in California: True Stories of the Golden State’s Hidden Riches
From buried caches of gold to sunken treasure, California is a bona fide hot spot for hidden treasures…