Old west outlaws

Most myths concerning the American West originated on the silver screen. Thanks to Hollywood, cowboys, Indians, gunfights, and outlaws paint a romanticized version of what really happened in the Old West. Hollywood lied. Life in the Old West was vastly different from classic Spaghetti Westerns. Clean-cut cowboys portrayed by actors like John Wayne are a far cry from what cowboys were really like.

"Old West Cowboy" photos with supporting text, part 3

Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually live to an old age in Washington state?

Grauman’s may have its celebrity forecourt, but the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has its own collection of memorialized feet. Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) starred in the 1922 silent movie, Robin Hood, which premiered at Sid Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California. In equal partnership with Fairbanks and actress Mary Pickford, Sid Grauman opened Grauman’s Chinese…

Charley Darkey Parkhurst, born Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst (18121879), also known as One Eyed Charley or SixHorse Charley, was an American stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher in California. Born and reared as a girl in New England, mostly in an orphanage, Parkhurst ran away as a youth, taking the

One thing the Old West didn't lack was men who were ready for a gunfight. Men such as these were called gunmen, pistoleers, and shootists; the term

[newsbox] The Reasonable Man Rule[/newsbox] In the rule of law, evidence must support the actions of “l’homme moyen senuel”, a reasonable person. However, in the case of Jesse Jam…

Their iconic status endures, despite their history of violent crime.