Also known as the Wild West, it encompasses 11 states in ... Take a look at some of these authentic Old West towns in Oregon. Consider wearing your cowboy hat and "blue jeans" if you visit!

Located on a lonely mountain plain in Colorado ski country, the silver-rush-era town of Leadville holds secrets as deep as its tunnels and old mine workings.

Although it is no longer its own town, the Old Colorado City Historic District maintains its 19th-century Wild West feel with a few modifications: the area's buildings now house locally owned art ...

Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart: Toting guns, these women of the Wild West shot down the view that life as a female pioneer was about cooking, sewing, cleaning and caring for ...

"You couldn't label Leadville as the capital of the Old Wild West, especially when weighed against other legendary towns like Dodge City or Tombstone, but it certainly played a pivotal role during ...