western history

Justice, Integrity, Service: U.S. Marshals Get A Museum

The new U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas, does justice to the service’s 234-year history. Over the course of …

Room With A Boo: The Haunted Hotels of Texas

Along with the usual amenities, your guest experience at these two Texas landmark properties might come with possessed paintings, enchanted …

Live From Walpole, New Hampshire With Ken Burns

Ken Burns has gone looking for America again in his new documentary, The American Buffalo C&I: Your incredible PBS documentary …

Brave Hearted Women: The Women Of The American West

We talk with author Katie Hickman about her new book and some of its standout women who migrated West across …

Tom Horn Hangs Tough

More than a century after the West’s most notorious trial, people can’t stop talking about the epic life and controversial …

Will Rogers: A Hero For All Times

As Will Rogers’ The Illiterate Digest turns 100, the crucial quest goes on to enrich the legacy of “America’s favorite …

Riding For The Brand: The Ballad Of Bob Fudge

This cowboy saga, immortalized in song, comes from the true-life adventures of a Texas trail driver and Montana-Wyoming cowboy who …

The Strange Saga Of Buffalo Bill And The Indian Wars

In 1913, the U.S. government helped facilitate Buffalo Bill Cody’s epic film about the final battles between Native Americans and …