Keeping the Western Alive

Western publishers and independent authors chronicle the West, one story at a time.

On the Bison Trail

The heritage traveler can discover the history and natural wonder of the great buffalo herds from Texas to Montana.

“Our Father, Who Art....”

In Dakota Territory, those were building words.

Initiation to Robbery

Butch Cassidy’s first bank job set the standard for future holdups.

HERO OR GOAT?

The press declared curly a hero until gall called him out at the battle of little bighorn's 10th reunion

Gunpowder to Oysters

While today it the Odd fellows Halls in paradise valley, Nevada, in 1898, Fred M.Buckingham (behind the counter) sold everything from firefarms to coffee (right, foregrand) in his humboldt valley store

Deadwood, South Dakota

The Black Hills boomtown celebrates the Old West every day of the year.

“... Not a Single Notch!”

Captain Neal was the calmest Ranger of ’em all. Outlaws never doubted that he’d kill if necessary—he just never let it get necessary.

The Real Texas Rangers Armed AND Dangerous

Nearly two centuries ago, Texas founding father Stephen F. Austin unofficially created the Texas Rangers to protect his fledgling colonists farming and ranching near the colony’s capital of Velasco, along the Brazos River near the Gulf Coast.

TOO BRAVE TO DIE

THE HEROIC TALE OF THE DAWSON BRIGADE AND HENRY GONZALVO WOODS’S REMARKABLE SURVIVAL AT THE SEPTEMBER 1842 DAWSON MASSACRE

Lonesome Dove

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER LARRY MCMURTRY’S VISIONARY NOVEL WAS PUBLISHED, IT STILL INSPIRES OUR LOVE OF OLD WEST HISTORY.

La Frontiera

FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF TEXAS TO THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, THE TEXAS RANGERS WERE THE MOST RESPECTED—AND FEARED— LAW ENFORCERS IN LONE STAR STATE HISTORY.

North to the Gold Country

Follow the 1898 Klondike and Alaska miners’ overland route from Sacramento to Seattle.

Eat! Drink! Sleep!

Western historic hotels and saloons offer guests a chance to experience the Old West with all the conveniences of the modern day.

Cowboy Cuisine

In the cow towns at the end of the trail, cowboys left the beans and biscuits in camp and dined like city slickers.

I Will Fight No More Forever

CHIEF JOSEPH’S LEADERSHIP OF THE NEZ PERCES FROM YELLOWSTONE TO BEAR PAW REMAINS A DEFINING MOMENT IN AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY.

Black Kettle: THE PEOPLE'S PEACE MAKER

THE VALIANT SOUTHERN CHEYENNE CHIEF NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING THAT PEACE AND FREEDOM WERE POSSIBLE FOR HIS TRIBE.

Eyewitness to History

Remarkable photographs by German immigrant-turnedsoldier Christian Barthelmess offer a window into a soldier’s life in the West.

Way Out Wickenburg Way

Discover the Old West history and heritage of one of Arizona’s oldest towns.

The Bitter Truth

Whiskey bitters became an elixir for women on the frontier.

BROTHERS IN BLOOD JESSE JAMES AND BILLY THE KID

On April 3, 1882, Jesse Woodson James’s life bled out in his family home in St. Joseph, Missouri, an assassin’s .44 caliber bullet exploding the back of the 34-year-old bandit’s skull.

Jesse James: The Birth of a Killer

Born into the Missouri-Kansas border war over slavery, teenaged Jesse James was destined to live a violent life.

“I Think I Can, I Think I Can” The folks of Ely, Nevada, don't understand the word “No.”

The Nevada Railroad Foundation’s dedicated crews are in the process of restoring the 1917 Baldwin 2-8-0 Locomotive No. 81 so it can be put back in service as one of two primary steam engines to pull the historic rolling stock of the popular Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada.

Restore the Alamo!

Work gets underway on reclaiming the mission of 1836.

Rebel Raider to Rebel Hero

How Jesse James became one of Hollywood’s favorite outlaws.

Bands of Brothers

Forty years after the release of The Long Riders, the actor-writer-producers, cast members and legendary director Walter Hill reflect on the making of a Western classic.

BLACK HILLS GOLD

Explore South Dakota’s sacred mountains and discover a bonanza of historic mining towns.

And Die like a Soldier

WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS’S DEATH AT THE ALAMO

Ride The Devil's Herd

HOW THE COWBOYS RULED TOMBSTONE BEFORE WYATT EARP

The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp

GLORIFIED, FICTIONALIZED AND HOTLY DEBATED, THE ENIGMATIC LAWMAN’S LIFE FROM ANTEBELLUM ILLINOIS TO URBAN LOS ANGELES REMAINS ICONICALLY FASCINATING 90 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.