Fortune-seekers and former soldiers arrived in the small towns of the Old West, carrying pistols and a taste for violence.

The 8,400-square-foot home originally built for oilman John E. Farrell at 8 Westover Road is on the market for $5.1 million.

UPTON COUNTY — A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas ... McCamey is one of countless Texas towns formed in an oil boom.

By Livia Albeck-Ripka The 6,500-year-old hunting kit contained pieces of a spear thrower and a boomerang, as well as wood- and stone-tipped darts. It was found in a cave in West Texas near the ...