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Initiation to Robbery
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Initiation to Robbery

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

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June 2020
HERO OR GOAT?
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HERO OR GOAT?

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

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7 mins  |
June 2020
Gunpowder to Oysters
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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

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June 2020
Deadwood, South Dakota
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Deadwood, South Dakota

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

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June 2020
“... Not a Single Notch!”
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“... 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.

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May 2020
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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.

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May 2020
TOO BRAVE TO DIE
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TOO BRAVE TO DIE

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

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May 2020
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Lonesome Dove

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

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May 2020
La Frontiera
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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.

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May 2020
North to the Gold Country
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North to the Gold Country

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

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May 2020
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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.

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May 2020
Cowboy Cuisine
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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.

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May 2020
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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.

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February - March 2020
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Black Kettle: THE PEOPLE'S PEACE MAKER

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

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February - March 2020
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Eyewitness to History

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

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February - March 2020
Way Out Wickenburg Way
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Way Out Wickenburg Way

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

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April 2020
The Bitter Truth
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The Bitter Truth

Whiskey bitters became an elixir for women on the frontier.

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April 2020
BROTHERS IN BLOOD JESSE JAMES AND BILLY THE KID
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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.

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April 2020
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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.

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April 2020
“I Think I Can, I Think I Can” The folks of Ely, Nevada, don't understand the word “No.”
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“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.

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April 2020
Restore the Alamo!
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Restore the Alamo!

Work gets underway on reclaiming the mission of 1836.

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April 2020
Rebel Raider to Rebel Hero
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Rebel Raider to Rebel Hero

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

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April 2020
Bands of Brothers
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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.

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April 2020
BLACK HILLS GOLD
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BLACK HILLS GOLD

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

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April 2020
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And Die like a Soldier

WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS’S DEATH AT THE ALAMO

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April 2020
Ride The Devil's Herd
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Ride The Devil's Herd

HOW THE COWBOYS RULED TOMBSTONE BEFORE WYATT EARP

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January 2020
The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp
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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.

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January 2020
Passion Wins The Day
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Passion Wins The Day

In 2019, two Old West Saviors stood out for their dedication to the preservation of our Western heritage.

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January 2020
Earps Gone Wild
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Earps Gone Wild

BROTHERS WYATT AND MORGAN’S “BUM” YEAR PIMPING IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PRIMED THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE AS FRONTIER BOOMTOWN OPPORTUNISTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW.

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January 2020
Death Of A Mountain Man
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Death Of A Mountain Man

JEDEDIAH SMITH’S LAST TRAIL

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December 2019