
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 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…
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…
Down to even the size of her nose, it seems there’s no detail about Big Nose Kate and…
Remember the Alamo? That’s not a battle cry. It’s a legitimate question. If you dozed off during high…
The Old West wouldn’t have been the Old West without John Browning — or at least without his…
Dozens of actors have played and voiced the Lone Ranger since 1933, but none embodied the aura of…
In the summer of 1850, the Oatman family headed west with visions of a promised land in the…
The Rufus Buck gang’s exploits didn’t last long, but they were brutal enough to quickly go down in…