Documents the legendary 1878 collaboration of famous sharpshooters Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Tilghman during which they hunted down a cattle baron who was believed to have m
Was Arizona Donnie Clark, AKA Kate “Ma” Barker the mastermind behind the Barker gang terrorizing the Midwest during the early years of the great Depression? Or was she a terrible mother who urged her
As with many incidents in American history, the victors wrote the first version of history--turning the tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre into a heroic feat by the Colorado militia tasked with moving
Tells the story of the couple's romance, reveals their life of adventure throughout the West during the days of the Indian Wars, and recounts the tragic end of the 7th Cavalry and the aftermath for th
Sam Sixkiller was one of the most accomplished lawmen in 1880s Oklahoma Territory.?And in many ways,?he was?a typical law-enforcement official, minding the peace and gunslinging?in the still-wild West
The amazing true story of the men on Wyoming’s death row in the nineteen-teens who believed they’d be granted reprieves as long as they kept winning baseball games.
By the time Stagecoach made John Wayne a silver-screen star in 1939, the thirty-one-year-old was already a veteran of more than sixty films, having appeared in B Westerns for five studios. By the 1950
Exploding onto the movie scene in 1935, Republic Pictures brought the pop culture of the 30s and 40s to neighborhood movie houses. Week after week kids sank into their matinee seats to soak up the Gol
Long before the silver screen placed Mary Pickford before the eyes of millions of Americans, this girl, born August 13, 1860 as Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, had won the right to the title of the first &l
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans ruled the West from the silver screen as the King of Cowboys and the Queen of the West. In this biography, named for their first feature film as a pair, the Rogers family sha
On May 17, 1876, Elizabeth Bacon Custer kissed her husband George goodbye and wished him good fortune in his efforts to fulfill the Army’s orders to drive in the Native Americans who would not will