Skagway Alaska, 1897. When you hear "Old West," images of gun-toting cowboys, saloons with swinging doors, and high-speed horse chases likely flood your mind.

But to live by the “Gunfighter’s Code” of the Old West was to die by it, too. As a Kansas marshal in 1871, Hickok shot dead a cowboy who’d unexpectedly fired on him, but then when his own ...

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 ...