Articles related to "The Wild West"

In time, the west became dotted with cattle towns, homesteads, and ranches. A new kind of wild critter was inhabiting the west.

Brief biography of American composer and music teacher Aaron Copland, his film scores and works. Famous for ballet Appalachian Spring.

The mountains and desert around Albuquerque provide the ideal backdrop for remembering, reenacting and experiencing the Wild West and the Native American West.

Bob Dalton became the outlaw leader of a family crime gang and terrorized the Kansas territory for two years before meeting a violent end.

Learn all about how cowboys lived by browsing through art at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. This cowboy museum is one of the largest in the state.

Will Rogers is better known for his movie career, but he worked in several Wild West shows and was a gifted entertainer.

Buffalo Bill Cody rose from humble beginnings to become so famous that his name inspires images of the Wild West.

Once upon a time, the Western film characterized the lone gunman with a dark past who restores justice to a small town. Since then, the Western has evolved.

Las Vegas, New Mexico's long history of gunfighters, the Rough Riders and the Santa Fe Trail make it a must see destination for Wild West and Frontier West enthusiasts.

Fred reviews Season One on DVD. Giant metal spiders anyone? ... Just Kidding

Buffalo Bill was a famous scout, hunter, rights advocate, and a colorful showman who chronicled "The America Wild West" in exhibition and pageant for the world to see.

Annie Oakley lived and worked in a man's world as a sharpshooter and performer for circus acts and Wild West shows.

Possibly, in Ancient Times, visitors to America’s eastern shores migrated westward. If so, did they intermarry with the native population?

Legendary western lawman Bat Masterson moved to Manhattan and became a newspaper sportswriter and Broadway character, immortalized as Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls."

Buffalo Bill is buried on Lookout Mountain, west of Denver, and the Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum attract fans of the Old West from all over the world

Color and decorate the buffalo.

There are many legends in the American West. One of the greatest is that of Calamity Jane. Here we see how she got her name in the process of saving an Army Hero.

One of the most well preserved ghost towns in the old wild west, Calico ghost town is now a living museum.

Kansas Charley doesn’t stand a chance at his trial according to the prosecution and the opinion of the cattle barons who want to make an example of him.

Life as a cowboy is very exciting to little kids. Give your birthday boy a party in the old Wild West with these ideas for decorations, goodies, games, and more.

Deadwood exploded onto premium priced TV in 2004, forcing people aching for near-extinct fine film-making to write bad checks to their satellite providers to get HBO.

Fine dining could be had at the Cheyenne Club at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Political and Socially elite dined there on meals prepared by a European chef.

When you are on holiday with the children or teenagers it's good to spend a day out on an activity that entertains all of the different age groups.

Ghost towns are a great way to reconnect with the adventurous times of the old west. You will find some great ones still intact in San Bernadino County.

Albert City, Iowa was a quiet little town in 1901. Then on November 16, three bank robbers changed all of that.

After the bloody gun battle at the railway depot, the two remaining outlaws escape in a wagon. Lodine, Sundblad, and the wounded outlaw die.

After another gun battle, the two escaped outlaws surrender. A lawman from Sioux Rapids prevents the outlaws from being lynched.

When a sickly British spinster decided to travel into the wilds of Colorado, she had no idea that notorious desperado "Mountain Jim" would fall in love with her.

John Ringo thought he'd go into the cattle business--using other peoples' cattle.

John Ringo, after arriving in Tombstone, joins the Clanton Gang of outlaws and cattle rustlers.

John Wesley Hardin, Texas gunman and killer, could shoot a man to death using either hand, or both, to fire his deadly weapons.

John Wesley Hardin, after a Waco, Texas shoot-out, is put in jail. He kills his jailer and escapes.

Hardin goes on a cattle drive along the Old Chusim Trail to Abilene, Kansas. In Abilene he meets Wild Bill Hickok and kills a man.

John Wesley Hardin, at age 21, became a married man. But he still continued to kill and had sent some 40 men to their deaths.

Hardin, after 15 years, is released from prison, becomes a lawyer in El Paso, but his past catches up with him.

The governor declines a stay of execution for Kansas Charley. The Johnson County War is halted. The hired Texas killers are set free.

Kansas Charley, having gone without food for nearly 24 hours, drinks nearly a whole bottle of whiskey, then commits a double murder.

Kansas Charlie gets a reprieve, and takes part in a jail break.

Kansas Charley goes on trial with a defense attorney with no prior murder case experience. The prosecution attorney is a slick character backed by the cattle barons.

While in jail, Kansas Charley turns seventeen. By law he is now considered a man. For the second time, Charley escapes from jail.

Kansas Charley is executed. He is given a new suit of clothes to wear. Now he can die in style.

Longley is captured and hung by some lawmen but luck is with him. He lives to kill another day.

Longley visits Mexico and does some killing, then returns to Texas where the killing continues.

Calamity Jane was a professional Indian Scout, marksman, showman, and personal friend of Wild Bill Hickok who broke through the gender barriers of her time.

Boulderers should consider Cody, Wyoming as a spring climbing trip destination. This Wyoming rock climbing area has about 1,000 problems. Cody also has great amenities.

The lawmen find outlaws Lake and Barker in the Hobo Jungle. Lake threatens the lawmen and a gun battle begins.

Kid Barker is captured and charged with murder, but escapes jail several months later.

If fun and entertainment is a priority on the agenda, then Sioux City is an all round must for either a day visit or the evening barbeque and show, when in Gran Canaria.

Sitting Bull was the last of the great War Chiefs to defy the U.S. Government and try to preserve his people's ancestral home and heritage.

This is part two of an index of articles concerned with the Salem Witch Trials and the supernatural. Also there are some links to some spooky articles about the Wild West