Legends of the Old West

In northern Colorado, a column of the 5th Cavalry becomes trapped near Milk Creek during a... more

A small detachment of the 9th Cavalry from Fort Bayard in southern New Mexico Territory tr... more

In 1867, Company K of the 9th Cavalry spends a long summer rebuilding Fort Lancaster on th... more

David Crockett volunteers for the Texian army and is assigned to help protect an old Spani... more

David Crockett’s political career rises throughout the 1820s, but it begins to fall in the... more

David Crockett becomes a skilled hunter at a young age in Tennessee before war returns to ... more

As America’s war of independence drags on, Daniel Boone and the other settlers protect the... more

During the American Revolutionary War, Daniel Boone helps blaze a trail to Kentucky called... more

As Daniel Boone grows up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, he earns a reputation as a sk... more

In June of 1899, an outlaw gang robs a train outside of Wilcox, Wyoming. The gang is the W... more

In the late 1880s, James McParland joins the Denver office and quickly becomes superintend... more

Charlie Siringo grows up driving cattle in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. In the early 1... more

After 20 years as a supervisor, James McParland yearns to get back into the field as a det... more

As the violence intensifies in Pennsylvania, James McParland decides its time to bring the... more

In the early 1870s, tensions between Pennsylvania coal miners and mine owners reaches a fe... more

The race is finally over as both railroads make it to Promontory Summit. On May 10, 1869, ... more

After surviving the chaos of the Hell on Wheels towns of Wyoming, the Union Pacific pushes... more

The Central Pacific moves out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into the Nevada desert. N... more

After Thomas Durant lined his pockets for years, investors in the Union Pacific finally fo... more

As the Union Pacific begins construction across Nebraska, the Central Pacific faces an imm... more

For decades in the early 1800s, engineers and merchants attempt to convince the United Sta... more

After the Battle of Ingalls in 1893, the Doolin Dalton Gang is on borrowed time. They perf... more

In the early 1890s, the Dalton Gang burns hot and bright in Kansas and Oklahoma, but then ... more

Dave Rudabaugh, known as Dirty Dave or Arkansas Dave, flees a murder in Las Vegas, New Mex... more