Deep in the Oklahoma prairie sits a ghost town that once buzzed with outlaws, gunfights, and Wild West legends. Ingalls, ...

As much as the “Gunfighter Era” of the Old West was characterized by shoot-outs in the streets, so too was it known for tall tales and quick quips. Consider the case of Pink Higgins. Higgins stumbled ...

Author Bryan Burrough and his new book, “The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild.” One of the enduring images of the Old West era is that of the gun-slinging cowboy, which was popularized by ...

"This is the West," a newspaper editor tells his colleagues in John Ford's great movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." "When the fact becomes legend, print the legend." Myths about the Wild West ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

The history of America's Old West is peppered with numerous gunfights and shootouts, violent confrontations that matched ...

Bryan Burrough, author of "The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild," is fascinated by the “gunfighter era” — which took place from 1865 to 1901 — and colorful Old West characters like Doc ...

Just a few yards away from a staged wild west gunfight, John Hawkins held a whole collection of authentic shells, firearms, iron balls, belt buckles and other items, most of them dug up himself, from ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The keys to a successful wild west gunfight were twofold: a quick-draw of your revolver from its holster, and the ability to shoot accurately – ...