Old West Historic Resources

Sangres.com -- For western mountain state history & info

US Kansas History--Dodge City -- Ford County Historical Society (Dodge City, KS)

WyattEarp.net -- An informative site with a large amount of information about the life and times of Wyatt Earp.

OK-Corral.com -- Website of the OK Corral--now a tourist attraction, with subscription information for the Tombstone Epitaph, Tombstone's historic newspaper that is still published, now a monthly journal of Old West history and source of information about the winning of the west.

LegendsOfAmerica.com -- This travel site for nostalgia and history buffs features numerous articles about the notorious outlaws of the American West, along with comprehensive lists of famous outlaw gangs and their members.

AmericanWest.com -- Gunslingers and Outlaws of the American West is a collection of links and resources for information on famous gunslingers and outlaws.

CowboyMountedShooting.com -- Website of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, a nationwide group with a large following that promotes competitive horseback shooting events in which contestants on galloping horses fire weapons loaded with black powder blank cartridges to break balloon "targets".

SassNet.com -- Website of the Single Action Shooting Society -- an organization that promotes and stages shooting competitions for members who dress in costume and assume a western character--either historic or fictional from books, TV, movies, etc. This is a popular hobby with many participants and many events nationwide. SASS bills itself as "The Closest You'll Get to the Old West Short of a Time Machine!"

Little Big Horn Battlefield -- National Park Service website information about the historic battlefield where the 7th Cavalry, commanded by General George Armstrong Custer was massacred by a large contingent of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors.

Little Bighorn History Alliance -- Information on the battle and its native and Army participants, and the history of the Indian Wars of the Plains.

GhostRiders.org - Website for a Tulsa, Oklahoma based non-profit reenactor group that stage Old West living history demonstrations and performances, and also provide mounted and dismounted extras and background artists for the motion picture and TV industries.

ChuckWagonRaces.com -- Official website of the National Championship Chuckwagon Races, an annual Labor Day Weekend event held at a ranch in Clinton, Arkansas.