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

Forget what you know about the Wild West- chances are it's probably wrong. Here are 10 myths and misconceptions about the Wild West you've always believed to ...

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

Rise of the Cowboy Before the Mexican-American War concluded in 1848, American traders who traveled to the Western frontier encountered Spanish vaqueros

America’s icon still rides tall in the saddle. They call him cowboy, vaquero, buckaroo, waddy, paniolo, saddletramp, wrangler and drover. He is a