Clay Allison was one of the most unpredictable figures of the American frontier. A Confederate veteran, Texas cattleman, and ...

The American Old West was a time of lawlessness, survival, and rapid expansion, and firearms were central to that era. For outlaws, guns weren´t just weapons; they were essential tools used for ...

On the Friday evening of July 21, 1865, a recently discharged Confederate soldier named Davis Tutt stood in the courthouse square of Springfield, Mo. He wore a leather duster and he carried a pistol ...

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 ...