Stories of the West

The Top 10 Cattle Drives

Droving with Rawhide, Lonesome Dove and the Fort Worth herd.

Category: Boggs Unleashed Author Johnny D. Boggs

Buffalo Bill's Billboard

A billboard of a play staged by Buffalo Bill Cody in March 1878 is saved thanks to paper conservationist Laura Schell.

Category: Old West Saviors Author Jana Bommersbach

Saving Our Trails At Home

Can you still ride your horse into town?

Category: Trail Rider Author Darley Newman

Magnificent Mirisch

The man behind The Magnificent Seven, Horse Soldiers and Man of the West.

Category: Westerns Author Henry Cabot Beck

"Brazen Bill" Shot to Blazes

A lone highwayman, masked in muslin, robs a stage en route from Tucson to Florence, Arizona, carrying three passengers, including Arizona Citizen editor John Clum.

Category: Classic Gunfights Author Bob Boze Bell

Gold Rush Dagger Punches Up Knife Sale

The gambler’s collectible makes the cut—along with other rare California blades.

Category: Collecting the West , Photo Gallery Author Meghan Saar

A Gun Worth the Gamble

Smith & Wesson’s five-shooter set the standard for hideout guns.

Category: Shooting from the Hip

They Stole Buffalo Bill's House

Tracking the showman and his home from LeClaire, Iowa, to Golden, Colorado.

Category: Renegade Roads Author Scott M. Fisher

Thom Ross, Western Artist

I get so bent when people say that Custer is this one-dimensional figure, whose entire life is encompassed and defined by one bad "hair" day.

Category: What History Taught Me Author Thom Ross

Preservation: The Storm Takes Away...

The Oregon coast took a major blow from a massive storm last December; towns up and down the state faced staggering damages—especially to historic structures.

Category: Preservation: You Can Help Author Mark Boardman