Old west photos

"Old West Cowboy" photos with supporting text, part 3

"Old West Cowboy" photos, Part 2 (but without Spencers)

Charley Darkey Parkhurst, born Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst (18121879), also known as One Eyed Charley or SixHorse Charley, was an American stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher in California. Born and reared as a girl in New England, mostly in an orphanage, Parkhurst ran away as a youth, taking the

[newsbox] The Reasonable Man Rule[/newsbox] In the rule of law, evidence must support the actions of “l’homme moyen senuel”, a reasonable person. However, in the case of Jesse Jam…

Wyatt Earp The Old West produced a bunch of legends. As a matter of fact, if there’s one thing it was consistently good at, it was taking outlaws and turning them into icons. Men like Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, and John Wesley Hardin became part of American culture despite that they were aggressive criminals. In a time of lawlessness and disorder, there were lawmen who commanded respect and weren’t afraid to stand up to outlaws. In the process, they created the model of the Western hero…

America’s icon still rides tall in the saddle. They call him cowboy, vaquero, buckaroo, waddy, paniolo, saddletramp, wrangler and drover. He is a

Texas Rangers (1823-present) - The oldest law enforcement agency in the United States, the Texas Rangers got their start in 1823.

1800's Cowboys

Jacob C. Miller (August 4, 1840 - January 13, 1917) was a private in company K, 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment, and was wounded in the head near the Brock Field at the Battle of Chickamauga on the morning of September 19, 1863. The ball impacted in Miller's head during the Civil War, but luckily the buck didn't penetrate his skull. This extract is from a contemporary newspaper: «His name is Jacob Miller and since Sept. 19, 1863, he has lived with an open bullet wound in his forehead. For a…