The painting, completed in 1872 by John Gast, is on display at the Autry Museum of the American West, nestled in the hills of Los Angeles. Over the weekend, the museum hosted festivities for the ...

Based on extensive research and word-of-mouth accounts of the real-life exploits of James and his gang of bank robbers, the book takes readers for a ride through the 19th century American West as ...

Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Today, we have the modern-day equivalent of Big Cattle trying to take over Wyoming. Instead of ...

The origins of the cowboy hat can be traced back to the 19th century, when the famous John B. Stetson created what is now known as the "Boss of the Plains" hat in 1865.

Cowboy style means something different for every group and era — from the vaqueros to Buffalo Bill, Madonna to the Marlboro Man, Lil Nas X to Louis Vuitton.

It took a 19th-century American entrepreneur, a Civil War veteran from Ohio, to conceive of a better, more consistent way to sip and savor a refreshment. Marvin Stone is the father of the drinking ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Lafayette pioneer community offered its small African American population unskilled work as cooks, whitewashers and laborers. Enterprising individuals, however, thwarted ...