You know most of their names, but here are the fascinating stories of how six criminal masterminds of the old West lived and died. You know most of their names, ...

The Nacelle Company will make a new animated series based on the cult ’90s show “Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa.” The news ...

Last Updated on July 7, 2025 by Matt Staff When you think of the Wild West, you probably imagine gun-slinging cowboys, dusty ...

T he Wild West, which has supplied the U.S. with some of its most stirring epics and evocative art, curiously had no major museum it could call its own. Last week, with the opening of the $400,000 ...

Later, his grandfather got him a plumbing apprenticeship, wrote Mark Svenvold in his 2002 book “Elmer McCurdy: The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw.” ...

Book Review. Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West. By Tom Clavin St. Martin’s Press: 304 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may ...

The romance of the Wild West has been a focus of American culture for decades, but in these modern days, there aren’t many ways to immerse yourself in that history.

Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, so named because of his legendary "Prize Package Soap Sell" scam, was a well-known confidence man and swindler with a heavy drinking habit, a bad temper, a penchant for ...

Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, so named because of his legendary "Prize Package Soap Sell" scam, was a well-known confidence man and swindler with a heavy drinking habit, a bad temper, a penchant for ...