Wild West
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 11:18 am
In Wanton West author Lael Morgan looks at the seedy side of life on the Montana frontier, that of Old West prostitutes.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 11:00 am
Author Michael Allen Harris steps into the history of jeans, farther back even than the very first pair of Levi Strauss' denims in the 1870s.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 10:29 am
In his book The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground, author Jeffrey Ostler looks at the Lakota Sioux struggle to retain and then regain the Black Hills of South Dakota.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 10:13 am
Chuck Parsons' book Captain John R. Hughes and Bob Alexander's book Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten pay tribute to two of the celebrated cadre of Texas Rangers who tamed the Old West.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 05, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Mike Cox honors the heroes of the Old West and Larry Johnson the outlaws of the Old West in these two entries from Turner Publishing's Historic Photos series.
Published: August 05, 2011 at 5:25 pm
The October 2011 issue of Wild West features stories about the Cheyenne-crushing 1876 Battle of Red Fork, haunted hotels of the West, the legacy of Texas gunfighters, Western mythmaker Walter Noble Burns, and Phoenix marshal and Mexican-American advocate Enrique Garfias.
Published: August 05, 2011 at 5:15 pm
A slew of Old West gunfighters were born or later made their mark in Texas. How would you compare the Lone Star State to Arizona Territory, New Mexico Territory, Missouri, California and the rest of the Western frontier with regard …
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Sculptor Tim Trask gives Tombstone founder Ed Schieffelin another marker.
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 4:02 pm
In an early Christmas present for Earp enthusiasts, Santa Claus author Jeff Guinn tackles the O.K. Corral.
Mark Dworkin |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Walter Noble Burns wrote a trilogy that made household names of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Joaquín Murrieta. But the author’s own story is little known.
Gregory Lalire |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Texas produced more than its fair share of Old West gunslingers.
Tom Straka and Bob Wynn |
Published: June 03, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Ely, Nevada, honors the Old West with traditional sculptures and murals, including a standout Shoshone harvester.
Candy Moulton |
Published: June 03, 2011 at 2:55 pm
In his latest book the attorney tracks bandido Tiburcio Vásquez.
Richard Lapidus |
Published: June 03, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Facts and myths about the most notorious lizard ever to spread its venom in the Southwest.
Richard Selcer with Tonya Fossett |
Published: March 31, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Cardsharp Frank Fossett found limitless gambling opportunities in Fort Worth, but a saloon fight with former employee Doc Carver cut short both men's long-range plans.
Gregory Lalire |
Published: March 31, 2011 at 4:33 pm
New Yorker Alexander Cartwright brought the game to the frontier during the California Gold Rush, making it truly the national pastime.
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