Wild West
Candy Moulton |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 3:10 pm
In his new Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion, Jim Crutchfield ably covers the frontier, from long hunters to the Army of the West.
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 2:09 pm
With his monumental bronze The Birthplace of the Legend, Charlie Norton has re-created Bill Cody’s legendary buffalo-hunting contest in Oakley, Kansas.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 11:44 am
Jon Favreau's film Cowboys & Aliens leans heavy on special effects but remains an entertaining nod to the traditional Western.
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.
Published: August 05, 2011 at 1:43 pm
In the October issue of Wild West, readers bend our ears about Baseball in the West.
Gregory Lalire |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Texas produced more than its fair share of Old West gunslingers.
Published: June 03, 2011 at 5:57 pm
The August 2011 issue of Wild West features stories about Lincoln County Sheriff and Billy the Kid nemesis Pat Garrett, the much-maligned Gila monster, bandido Clodoveo Chavez, the brash Susie "Bronco Sue" Raper and the 1775 Battle for San Diego.
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