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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Did Tom McLaury Have a Gun?

Lies, exaggerations and warped recollections force historians to rely on simple logic for the right answer to one of the most important questions about the shootout.

Blood Feud in the Kern River Country

Charlie Russell's Last Legacy

Warm Springs Apache Leader Nana: The 80-Year-Old Warrior Turned the Tables

WYATT EARP

Wyatt Earp's First Star
Young Wyatt Earp wears his badges well. Learn more about the photo's history and provenance.

TOMBSTONE'S CEMETERY

Tombstone's Cemetery: Boothill
The old cemetery boasts graves of Clantons, McLaurys and other legendary Tombstone characters--not to mention some of the world's most famous (and funny) epitaphs.

GUNFIGHTERS & LAWMEN

Twenty-Four Hours With Ike Clanton
The cantankerous Cowboy kept pushing for a fight as he made the rounds in Tombstone before the most famous shootout in the Wild West, but when the bullets started flying, so did he.

	The James-Younger Gang and their Circle of Friends
	Willie Kennard: Yankee Hill's Black Marshal
	Bat Masterson
	Doc Holliday
	Billy the Kid: The Great Escape
	Reno Gang's Reign Of Terror
	Harvey Logan: Wildest of the Wild Bunch
	Jesse James and the Gads Hill Train Holdup

WARRIORS & CHIEFS

Warm Springs Apache Leader Nana: The 80-Year-Old Warrior Turned the Tables
On August 19, 1881, in a remote New Mexico Territory canyon, Warm Springs Apache leader Nana ambushed a combined military and civilian force that was out to get him.

	Chief Seattle
	Lakotas: Feared Fighters of the Plains
	Chiricahua Chief Cochise
	Estanislao: Rebellious Indian Warrior
	Brulé Sioux Chief Spotted Tail
	Kiowa Chief Satanta
	Cheyenne Chief Tall Bull

SHOOTOUTS

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Did Tom McLaury Have a Gun?
Lies, exaggerations and warped recollections force historians to rely on simple logic for the right answer to one of the most important questions about the shootout.

	O.K. Corral: A Gunfight Shrouded in Mystery
	Blood Bath at Going Snake: The Cherokee Courtroom Shootout
	Gem Saloon Shootout
	Bat Masterson and the Sweetwater Shootout
	Shootout in the Bella Union Hotel

INDIAN WARS

Wounded Knee Massacre: United States versus the Plains Indians
Some 30 years of warfare between the United States and the Plains Indians reached a grisly climax on December 29, 1890, at South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation.

	Black Hawk War
	Nez Perce War
	Sand Creek Massacre
	Soldiers vs. Apaches: One Last Time at Guadalupe Canyon
	The Battle of White Bird Canyon: First Fight of the Nez Perce

WESTERN LORE

Billy the Kid: The Great Escape
The New Mexico Badman lived up to his reputation, and two lawmen paid dearly for it.

	Soapy Smith: Con Man's Empire
	Bone Mizell: Cracker Cowboy of the Palmetto Prairies
	Boastful Bill Longley: Cold-blooded Texas Killer
	Butch Cassidy's Surrender Offer
	The Last Days of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

WOMEN IN THE WEST

Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley was no Westerner, but her peerless shooting and style made her the western woman.

	Belle Starr
	Wild Women of the West
	Cora Hubbard: Female Bank Robber in Missouri
	Fannie Sperry Made the Ride of Her Life
	Nellie Cashman: Female Miner, Prospector and Philanthropist
	Marie Dorion and The Astoria Expedition
	Mary Fields: Female Pioneer in Montana

CORPS OF DISCOVERY

Corps of Discovery: Long March of Lewis and Clark
For 28 arduous and danger-filled months, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the longest armed reconnaissance in military history.

PONY EXPRESS

The Pony Express: Riders of Destiny
The Pony Express only operated for about 18 months, but the picture-perfect enterprise captured the imagination of a nation and has grown larger than life through the years.

SETTLING THE WEST

Hard Times Along the Chisholm Trail
Jesse Chisholm's trail led from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, and driving a herd of half-wild Longhorns over it was a baptism by fire.

	Oregon Trail: Wagon Tracks West
	When the Bugle Sounded: Stampede for Oklahoma's Unassigned Lands
	Martin Company: Mormon Pioneers Used Handcarts to Trek to Salt Lake City
	Chinese Immigrants on America's Western Frontier

AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE WEST

African American Infantrymen in America's West
While the exploits of the the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments have received considerable attention, the African-American foot soldiers' story also deserves to be told.

	Buffalo Soldiers in Utah Territory
	Buffalo Soldiers: Sorting Fact from Fiction
	African American Troops of Company K, 9th Cavalry Fought in the Battle of Fort Lancaster
	Mary Fields: Female Pioneer in Montana
	Willie Kennard: Yankee Hill's Black Marshal

GOLD RUSH

Klondike Gold Rush
Known as 'Lying George' for his many false strikes, George Washington Carmack and two Indian friends found a real nugget in 1896 that set off a fabled gold rush in Canada.

	James Marshall: California's Gold Discoverer
	A Lady's Life in the Gold Rush

GAMBLING

The Gamblers' War in Tombstone
Before the bloody feud with the Cowboys reached a head, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and other 'Easterners' had to deal with the 'Slopers.'

	Faro: Favorite Gambling Game of the Frontier
	Gambling in the Old West

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