Most images of an Old West saloon are barroom brawls and gunfire, with scantily clad “soiled doves” hanging around. Not according to archeologist and historian Homer Thiel, who has extensively ...

It was the American Frontier, known also as the “Old West,” or the “Wild West” – a place that encompassed the folklore, geography and culture associated with the wave of American expansion in mainland ...

The poker game was fixed — that’s the story anyway. An out-of-work miner got “caught gambling crooked,” so the dealer pulled a pistol and emptied six bullets into the man, so says the 1915 coroner’s ...

Long before neon signs and mixology menus, Western saloons were the social engine of frontier towns. Miners, ranchers, and outlaws crowded shoulder-to-shoulder for cheap whiskey, dusty poker tables, ...

For the first time in a long time, visitors can sidle up to the bar, throw back a shot of whiskey, and maybe even watch a gunfight break out in Shaniko. Yes, Oregon’s most famous ghost town now has an ...

For as long as I can remember, I have loved portrayals of the Old West. My favorites are the ones where the actors convincingly channel its spirit and the saloon embodies classic towns of the era. In ...