People
Shanghai Kelly: San Francisco’s King Crimp
In the last half of the 1800s, the bustling port town of San Francisco, which grew out of…
Life in the West
Chuckwagon Chow: 8 Cattle-Drive Foods Cowboys Ate on the Trail
Cowboy life in the Old West can best be described as nomadic: we’re talking true cowboys who drove…
People
Big Jim Courtright: 9 Things 1883 Didn’t Tell Us about the Old West Lawman
If you are a fan of the Paramount+ series Yellowstone (and who isn’t?), you were probably thrilled when…
People
11 Reasons Why Kid Curry Was the Wildest of the Wild Bunch
Many of the most notorious names in Old West outlaw history somehow ended up banding together in one…
Places
9 Reasons Why Fort Bridger was the Worst Fort on the Oregon Trail
Between the early 1840s and the end of the 1860s, more than 400,000 settlers traversed the 2,170-mile Oregon…
Lost Mines & Treasure
7 Intriguing Stories of Lost Treasure in Utah
Come to think of it, Utah would be a great place to hide something. First, it is vast.…
Life in the West
10 Wild West Facts of Everyday Life on the Frontier
You may have watched every episode of Bonanza, died of dysentery playing Oregon Trail, and read all the…
Lost Mines & Treasure
7 Tantalizing Stories of Lost Treasure in Oregon
Even if all you had to go on was what you learned in movies, you probably know that…
People
13 Bizarre Facts About Liver-Eating Johnson, the Revenge-Seeking, Cannibalistic Mountain Man
Have you ever watched the 1972 Western movie Jeremiah Johnson, starring Robert Redford as the title character? Good…
People
9 Tall but True Tales About Luke Short, Western Gunfighter
Gunslinger, gambler, saloon owner, cowboy, and sports promotor (yes, really), Luke Short might not have the same name…
People
7 Reasons Why Seth Bullock was one of the Last True Westerners
We can thank the mid-2000s HBO television western series Deadwood for introducing a new generation of Old West…
Events
14 Facts About the Mormon Migration, A Classic Old West Exodus
On the evening of June 27, 1844, an angry mob attacked the Carthage city jail near Nauvoo, Illinois…