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Hickok's Twist of Fate

WILD BILL'S 1870 DRUNKEN BRAWL WITH CUSTER'S TROOPERS IS AS LEGENDARY AS THE MAN OF MANY NAMES HE KILLED.

Crazy Horse's Final Vision

THE PROPHETIC LAKOTA LEADER'S FINAL DAYS STILL HAUNT US TODAY.

A HERO'S JOURNEY FROM WAR TO PEACE

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S BETRAYAL OF ARMY SCOUT CHATO IS STILL A STAIN ON AMERICAN HISTORY.

Alaska's Wild West

Adventure and history await discovery across the last frontier state.

The Beehive State

Utah has been a leader in apiary science for crop pollination and honey production for over 150 years.

HISTORIC HOTELS, SALOONS AND RANCHES

THE WEST'S BEST hotels, saloons, restaurants and dude ranches , , are among the most tangible ties to America's frontier past. Outlaws, lawmen, presidents and stars of stage and screen have slept in these hotels since the late 19th and early 20th century. They drank and dined in these revered saloons and restaurants. Generations of people from all over the globe visited and kept coming back to the places which become social hubs of their communities.

A Grave Concern

About that pipe that marks the last resting place of the Daltons...

The Grand Old Park

Yellowstone, America's first National Park, celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Texas's Tangy Thirst Quencher

The origin story of the Lone Star State's Dr. Pepper is legendary.

CLASSIC GUNFIGHTS

BATTLE OF PLAZE: BAT MASTERSON VS PEACOCK & UPDEGRAFF

Red Lodge, Montana

Discover the Old West in the gateway town to America's most beautiful highway.

GUNPOWDER and Smoke

The West was immense, and frontier law enforcement sparse.

BAT MASTERSON

THE DEADLY AND DANGEROUS LIFE OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED WYATT EARP

Get Out of Dodge!

SINCE DODGE CITY WAS FOUNDED 150 YEARS AGO, THE KANSAS COWTOWN IS STILL THE REIGNING QUEEN OF THE WEST.

The West's Worst Shootout

The tragedy at Goingsnake left 11 men dead-and a lot of questions.

THE WILDEST TOWN IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA'S EARLY YEARS AS A FRONTIER OUTPOST WERE VIOLENT, DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE.

Casper, Wyoming

The historic trail town celebrates its Western heritage all year round.

The Earps' Flight After the Fight

The lawmen’s route from Arizona to New Mexico and Colorado is a grand adventure.

Texas's Quanah Parker Trail

Discover the life of the legendary Comanche following the arrows in the Lone Star State.

The End of an Era

Texans drove their last great herds north in the 1880s.

Slaughter in Seven Rivers

BILLY WILSON AND TOM PICKETT ESCAPED THE NOOSE FOR THE SENSELESS MURDERS OF FOUR HISPANOS IN LINCOLN COUNTY.

Eye for Eye

L.J. Martin makes a movie.

DANIEL BOONE'S YELLOW STONE HUNT

FACT OR FICTION?

Mother of Exiles

Immigration to the West in 1883 transformed the country.

Trailing Them North

Follow the Western Cattle Trail from Bandera, Texas, to Miles City, Montana.

On the True Grit Trails

Travel across Arkansas, Oklahoma and Colorado and discover the real and imagined locations of the iconic novel and 1969 film's locations.

Wyoming's Colorful Characters

Hit the road where the famous roamed across the Cowboy State.

My Top Ten Favorite Movie Moments

True West’s Firearms Editor applauds authenticity.

Rocky Mountain Bonanzas

Explore mining history from Cripple Creek to Grand Encampment.

Leavenworth, Kansas

The First City of the Sunflower State celebrates its Western heritage.