Mexican-American playwright Karen Zacarías estimates that half of Old West cowboys after the Civil War were Black or Hispanic. Yet their presence has been largely unaccounted for in classic ...

Outlaws and sheriffs, cowboys and Indians, wide-open plains with herds of buffalo and tumbling tumbleweeds: these are the iconic images of the Old West. These lesson plans are based on History ...

Includes twelve documentaries of people and events which shaped the wild west Old West Cowboys Parts 1 2 Wild ... of the Old West Parts 1 2 Great Indian Wars Parts 1 2 Geronimo Parts 1 2 ...

The idea of the Old West still exerts a powerful hold on our collective imagination, to the extent that some people find it surprising to learn that modern cowboys exist and thrive in certain ...

But the hats movie-cowboys tend to wear are nothing like the ones people really sported in the Old West. The 'ten-gallon', with its wide curved brim and crease in the top (crown), is the Stetson.