Picture this: dusty streets, cowboys squaring off at high noon, saloons packed with gamblers and outlaws, and lawmen struggling to keep the peace. That's the Wild West we've all seen in movies, read ...

The rugged spirit of the American West comes alive in old photos of cowboys and cowgirls who called the open range home. Long before Hollywood glamorized ranching and turned cowboys into legends, ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo is mourning the death of Cleo Hearn, the trailblazing cowboy who founded the Cowboys of Color Rodeo and championed diversity in Western culture.

In the late 1800s, Black cowboys brought their culinary knowledge from Africa to the American West—influencing everything from antelope ribs to bread pudding recipes. In the early American West, Black ...

A cowboy prepares a horse to be loaded into a trailer at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo in Las Vegas in 2021. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Few figures occupy as prominent a niche in U.S.

While many people focus on shopping deals the day after Thanksgiving, Native leaders hoped Americans also used the day to honor the country's first peoples. The Friday after Thanksgiving is not only ...