Author Bryan Burrough and his new book, “The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild.” One of the enduring images of the Old West era is that of the gun-slinging cowboy, which was popularized by ...

"This is the West," a newspaper editor tells his colleagues in John Ford's great movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." "When the fact becomes legend, print the legend." Myths about the Wild West ...

Bass Reeves served under Judge Isaac Parker, the “Hanging Judge,” and operated under harsh Dead-or-Alive orders. He traveled ...

Bryan Burrough, author of "The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild," is fascinated by the “gunfighter era” — which took place from 1865 to 1901 — and colorful Old West characters like Doc ...

Wild West towns keep frontier history alive with preserved streets, cowboy traditions, lively reenactments and solid cultural ...

Trails to Tombstone -- "A big camp this with a big future" -- The shootists -- "A pretty hard reputation" -Games of chance -- "A most terrible affair" -- Fire, flood, and friction -- "I expect to ...

On July 12, 1861, the legend of Wild Bill Hickock was born in Jefferson County. Hickock, who worked for a freighting and stagecoach line, was set to buy the Rock Creek Station from David McCanles. The ...

Founded in 1879 after silver was discovered in the high desert, Tombstone is an iconic old west town. Here are a few of the ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...