Wild west photos

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

Get back to the time when a revolver was in fashion.

The Wild West was an exciting era, full of cowboys and Indians and outlaws. These extremely rare images that have been discovered, truly extraordinarily bring to life, what we only know to be true from the classic movies. This image shows 19th century businessmen riding to Death Valley in search of the mineral borax. Death […]

A deadly gunfight in Lampasas, Texas, exploded on June 7, 1877, the climax of the Horrell-Higgins feud. The factions shot at each other on Third Street, its alley and Second Street.

July 14, 1881. Billy the Kid had come to the Maxwell house at Fort Sumner to cut a slice of meat. He was barefooted, carrying his pistol and a knife. He noticed the door to Pete Maxwell’s bedroom was slightly open and he entered.

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