We read and write about people on the trail all the time. Bounty hunters, lawmen, cowhands, prospectors -- all of them had to know how ...

          In the Old West, the law was enforced by marshals and sheriffs, but their employers, jurisdictions and duties differed. N...

I'm old enough to still remember my mother wearing gloves and a hat to church. I even wore a pair to church when I was around 5. I thi...

By: Peggy Henderson Before the railroads took over as the fastest way to travel west, steamboats were the premier   mode of tra...

The Outlaws Blurb: One decent man, an attractive young woman, and a teen-aged boy obsessed with a legendary bad man--all caug...

This post came about from wandering into an interesting looking store and taking a photo of a wardrobe trunk that was on display. Trunk...

Recently I came across a statement that in 1870 sixty percent of railroad shipments in the United States were kerosene. At the time ...