Which Movies Don't Belong on the 100 Greatest Westerns List?
What movies made the list of 100 Greatest Westerns that don't deserve to be there?
View ArticleWhat Movies Most Accurately Reflect the Historic Old West?
Which movies have done the best job of reflecting the historic Old West, as opposed to the sensationalized view many have adopted?
View Article100 Greatest Western Movies
A panel of experts selected the 100 greatest Western movies of all time. History Net offers you a chance to vote for your top choice and asks what movies were overlooked, which ones don't belong, and...
View ArticleThe Killing of Dora Hand
In October 1878, Texas cowboy Spike Kenedy went gunning for Dodge City Mayor Dog Kelley, his rival for the affections of stage performer Dora Hand. In a tragic twist of fate, Kenedy instead shot Hand,...
View Article'American Experience' Explores Wyatt Earp
The life of controversial lawman Wyatt Earp is the subject of an episode of American Experience on PBS. This History Net article includes an interview with the show's writer, producer and director, Rob...
View ArticleNew West Showgirls Show Old West Graves
Bob Stinson likes to photograph modern Las Vegas showgirls at the graves of Old West characters like Doc Holliday, a unusual tribute to the dancehall girls who filled the dreams of cowboys on the trail.
View ArticleDinosaur Wars in the American West
American Experience - Dinosaur Wars examines the fight over fossils between Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope in the American West.
View ArticleAmerican Experience: Custer's Last Stand - Television Review
Stephen Ives' "Custer's Last Stand" on American Experience is more concerned with exploring the myth of Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn than in presenting a blow-by-blow description.
View ArticleLetter from MHQ, Winter 2013
"In war, truth is the first casualty," wrote the Greek poet Aeschylus. And Americans are as adept as anyone at trimming inconvenient truths from history to create and immortalize war heroes: Davy...
View ArticleCover Story at 25
Wild West celebrates 25 years in publishing with a collection of all of the covers that have appeared since our premier issue in June 1988.
View ArticleCould Custer Have Won?
Paul Andrew Hutton receives Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for his MHQ story
View ArticleWild West Covers, 1993-1997
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View ArticleWild West Covers, 1998-2002
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View ArticleWild West Covers, 2003-2007
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View ArticleWild West Covers, 2008-2013
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Lone Star Hit Man Felix Jones
Convicted killer Felix Robert Jones hailed from the same Texas county and worked with the same partners in crime as paid assassin par excellence ‘Killin’ Jim’ Miller The post Lone Star Hit Man Felix...
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Is the ‘Gold Dollar – Margarita’ Murder Story True?
You being one of the leading experts on the Old West, I was hoping you could answer a question for me about Tombstone. This I find interesting but I don’t know that I believe the story, and there is no...
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Encounter: Buffalo Bill at Queen Victoria’s Command
IN THE SPRING of 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody sailed from New York to England with his entire “Wild West” show—cowboys, sharpshooters, musicians and 97 American Indians, plus 180 horses, 18 buffalo, 10 elk,...
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February 2016 Table of Contents
Find stories on Ronald Reagan's 1976 presidential bid, John Ford's Old West, an archaeological dig that redefines who owns history...and so much more! The post February 2016 Table of Contents appeared...
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