The Wild West is often romanticized as a land of outlaws, lawmen, and untamed wilderness, but one lesser-known player in this ...
The spirit of the Wild West lives on in towns where traditions, culture, and history blaze as brightly as ever. These historic towns, many founded during the 19th century gold rushes, cattle drives, ...
The Texas Rangers, an elite state law-enforcement agency that enjoys a legendary image in wider American culture, was formally proposed on this day in history, Oct. 17, 1835. "The Rangers are part of ...
FORT McKAVETT, TEXAS — Here, the wind whispers stories. In lonely places such as the frontier forts in West Texas, old stories swirl through the dry breeze, slipping around the stone, wood and plaster ...