They were called easy women, shady ladies, soiled doves. These women who went west to practice the world's oldest profession were the first ladies of the American frontier.

The myths and realities of the lawmen, outlaws, ladies of the evening, and famed gun-slinging confrontations that made Dodge City the archetypal Old West town.

The bloody story of a murder in a sleepy New Mexican town that led to five days of violence and sealed the doom of Billy the Kid.

Recounts the lives of the men, women, and children who packed hopes, dreams, and pots and pans into the backs of rickety Conestoga wagons and trail blazed their way into Western lore.

As homesteaders and miners went west to seek their fortunes, scientists came to look for dinosaur bones in the fossil-rich lands.

The story of how Colt, Remington, and Smith & Wesson became the weapons that truly won the West.

A review of the dramatic battles of the last half of the 19th century that led to the destruction of Native Americans as a threat to government interests.

Their cultures lived and thrived in the America's southeast for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. But for the "Five Civilized Tribes," Congress mandated banishment, hardship, and a long walk to death.

They were called easy women, shady ladies, soiled doves. These women who went west to practice the world's oldest profession were the first ladies of the American frontier.

The myths and realities of the lawmen, outlaws, ladies of the evening, and famed gun-slinging confrontations that made Dodge City the archetypal Old West town.

The bloody story of a murder in a sleepy New Mexican town that led to five days of violence and sealed the doom of Billy the Kid.

Recounts the lives of the men, women, and children who packed hopes, dreams, and pots and pans into the backs of rickety Conestoga wagons and trail blazed their way into Western lore.

As homesteaders and miners went west to seek their fortunes, scientists came to look for dinosaur bones in the fossil-rich lands.

The story of how Colt, Remington, and Smith & Wesson became the weapons that truly won the West.

A review of the dramatic battles of the last half of the 19th century that led to the destruction of Native Americans as a threat to government interests.

Their cultures lived and thrived in the America's southeast for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. But for the "Five Civilized Tribes," Congress mandated banishment, hardship, and a long walk to death.

They were called easy women, shady ladies, soiled doves. These women who went west to practice the world's oldest profession were the first ladies of the American frontier.

The myths and realities of the lawmen, outlaws, ladies of the evening, and famed gun-slinging confrontations that made Dodge City the archetypal Old West town.

The bloody story of a murder in a sleepy New Mexican town that led to five days of violence and sealed the doom of Billy the Kid.

Recounts the lives of the men, women, and children who packed hopes, dreams, and pots and pans into the backs of rickety Conestoga wagons and trail blazed their way into Western lore.

As homesteaders and miners went west to seek their fortunes, scientists came to look for dinosaur bones in the fossil-rich lands.

The story of how Colt, Remington, and Smith & Wesson became the weapons that truly won the West.

A review of the dramatic battles of the last half of the 19th century that led to the destruction of Native Americans as a threat to government interests.

Their cultures lived and thrived in the America's southeast for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. But for the "Five Civilized Tribes," Congress mandated banishment, hardship, and a long walk to death.