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Will Horizon Fair Better Than Kevin Costner’s Epic ’90s Western Box Office Bomb?
Kevin Costner mortgaged prime waterfront property in Santa Barbara to fund Horizon: An American Saga, but will it…
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Did Davy Crockett Really Die a Hero’s Death at the Alamo?
Remember the Alamo? That’s not a battle cry. It’s a legitimate question. If you dozed off during high…
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10 Facts About John Moses Browning, the “Father of Modern Firearms”
The Old West wouldn’t have been the Old West without John Browning — or at least without his…
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9 Things You May Not Know About Clayton Moore, The Lone Ranger
Dozens of actors have played and voiced the Lone Ranger since 1933, but none embodied the aura of…
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The Many Lives of Olive Oatman, Tattooed Captive of the West
In the summer of 1850, the Oatman family headed west with visions of a promised land in the…
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The Brief & Heinous Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang
The Rufus Buck gang’s exploits didn’t last long, but they were brutal enough to quickly go down in…
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Lost Treasure in California: True Stories of the Golden State’s Hidden Riches
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The Reality of Dying of Consumption in the Old West
If you could hop into a DeLorean time machine and go back to an Old West saloon, one…
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The 10 Best Spaghetti Westerns Ever Made
Have you ever wondered why they call it a “Spaghetti Western?” What does a delicious pasta dish have…
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Best Western Movies on Netflix Right Now (June 2023)
Netflix may not have the deepest Western library, but it does offer refreshing takes on some of the…
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10 Mark Maggiori Prints that Capture the Spirit of the West
Few contemporary artists have done more to replenish Western art with fresh viewpoints as Mark Maggiori, whose recent…
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9 Fascinating Facts About Virgil Earp, Noble Lawman
Wyatt Earp may be lionized for his role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but Virgil Earp…
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Shanghai Kelly: San Francisco’s King Crimp
In the last half of the 1800s, the bustling port town of San Francisco, which grew out of…