The Western genre has a history of lawmen fighting outlaws to protect their towns, and here is a look at the best lawmen in ...

The Western genre has enjoyed success on the big screen since John Wayne's heyday and classics like The Magnificent Seven and The Searchers. While many of the greatest movies and shows invent original ...

As the American frontier marched westward there were few courageous souls willing to put their lives on the line to bring law to the lawless. The upheavals of the Civil War had an aftershock that ...

Gallop through history with the bullets and badges that attempted to bring order to the Wild West. See how men like Daniel Boon, Wyatt Earp and 'Doc' Holiday became frontier legends in their quest to ...

On this day, May 10, in 1875, former slave Bass Reeves was sworn in as a deputy U.S. Marshal in Fort Smith, Ark., becoming one of the most feared and fearless lawmen in the Old West. Reeves was hired ...

When visiting the National Western Stock Show, make sure your first stop is the booth selling replicas of Old West lawmen’s badges. Wearing one commands respect…and apparently demands free items. At ...

If you’ve ever heard the phrase, "Get out of Dodge" and wondered where that came from, chances are your research will take you back to Gunsmoke. The famed Western giant of a TV show ran for 20 ...

Hardin D. Gunnels was what they used to call a “hard case,” the kind of Western lawman who lived by his own code and occasionally strayed over the line. But he got results, and that was generally good ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The revolver carried by Old West lawman James "Wild Bill" Hickok on the day he was shot down at a Deadwood saloon failed to sell at an auction in San Francisco on Monday, ...

When somebody says "Western," the first American city that comes to mind usually isn't Los Angeles. The City of Angels is best known for noir pictures and crime dramas rather than traditional horse ...