Wild West Autumn 2023 Archives | HistoryNet

Spanish harquebus laid over map of North America

This Primitive Rifle Won the Southwest for Spain

by Louis A. Garavaglia12/1/202312/1/2023

Venturing into the Southwest frontier, Spanish soldiers used the harquebus to awe unwelcoming Indians and bring down buffalo.

Group of enslaved people fleeing

A Forgotten ‘Trail of Tears’

by Mike Coppock11/24/202310/19/2023

Elfego Baca monument in Reserve, N.M.

This Self-Made Deputy Faced a 36-Hour Barrage of 4,000 Rifle Rounds — and Survived

by Melody Groves11/17/20238/30/2023

Texas Ranger Jim Hawkins

The Guns That Won the West

by George Layman11/10/202310/19/2023

Gunfight in Old West

These Western Lawmen Worked Both Sides of the Badge

by Richard F. Selcer11/3/20238/30/2023

Abandoned shack in Copper City

This Ore-Rich Montana Ghost Town Is Now Ground Central for Mountain Bikers

by Terry Halden10/27/202310/27/2023

Five Crow men at Fort Parker

Contractors in Bozeman Montana Robbed Both the Government and Its Indian Wards

by David McCormick10/20/20238/30/2023

wild west handy firearms

8 Handy Firearms to Have Out West

by Louis A. Garavaglia10/16/20238/30/2023

Millie Ringold sitting in a Montana field

Born into Slavery, Millie Ringold Became Queen of all She Surveyed

by Catharine Melin Moser10/13/20238/30/2023

Black Bart and Ham White

These Two Highwaymen Battled for the Title of World’s Best Stagecoach Robber

by Daniel Seligman10/9/202310/9/2023