After more than 22 years of research and writing, Craig Crease is looking forward to debunking popular myths about frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok, including one based in Springfield. On June 3, ...

It’s a story that has become a part of Kansas City baseball lore: a local team enlisting famed frontier lawman Wild Bill Hickok to umpire a game against a heated rival. The answer: It’s a questionable ...

Hickok was haunted by this accident for the rest of his life. Subsequently, he took a break from law enforcement and tried acting in Wild West shows. He even joined his old friend Buffalo Bill Cody's ...

When people think of Old West legends, the famed gunslinger and folk hero Wild Bill Hickok is likely to come to mind. Born James Butler Hickok, the man later known as Wild Bill inspired many fantastic ...

The climax to many Western films often involves a shootout between the hero with a white hat and villain in black. The cliche quick-draw duel was the opening for the long-running show “Gunsmoke.” The ...

This cover offers up an interesting snapshot of the comic industry of this 1949 moment. Though the title was clearly started to take advantage of the rising popularity of Westerns across all media, ...

It began with “Little Arrows,” Leapy Lee’s 1968 (and only) hit that I heard recently for the first time since 1968 on the morning show on KRFF. It’s a pernicious bubblegum earworm that took days to ...

Western films and television shows have been staples of the film industry for over a century. For a long time, they were the most popular genre in American cinema. Today, they exist in a more niche ...