This video explains how the “Cowboy Code” shaped daily life in the Old West. It breaks down the practical rules cowboys followed while working long cattle drives and living in isolated conditions.

Cowboy Carter Chronicle explores a groundbreaking course at the University of Houston that unravels the rich tapestry of Black contributions to the American West ...

The spirit of the Old West was celebrated Saturday during the Day of the Cowboy event honoring cowboy and ranch life in the scenic California chaparral setting at Los Flores Ranch Park. Families ...

As much as the “Gunfighter Era” of the Old West was characterized by shoot-outs in the streets, so too was it known for tall tales and quick quips. Consider the case of Pink Higgins. Higgins stumbled ...

A vaquero, Ramón Ahumada, was one of the first three Arizonans inducted into the "Hall of the Great Westerners" in Oklahoma City, in 1958. Ahumada was born near Altar in Sonora and came to Arivaca ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- As the cowboy slowly rides off, he turns to the crowd of onlookers and waves goodbye. It was the end of another day's work for the Texan, guiding a herd of longhorn cattle along a ...

Redding's Asphalt Cowboys kick off Rodeo week with a staged robbery involving costumed local celebrities. The tradition's exact origins are unclear, but it likely began to encourage rodeo-themed ...