Three Oklahoma women who made history on the Wild West Show circuit. Lucille Mulhall, May Lillie, and Lillian Smith were remarkable "Wild West Women" who broke gender barriers and impressed audiences ...

In honor of Beyoncé releasing her next country album, ESSENCE is shining a light on the lesser-known history of the Black women of the wild, wild west. In modern media, cowboys have stereotypically ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. In the frontier towns of the Wild West, men generally ...

The bandits had been waiting for three hours for the stagecoach to pass. At 5 p.m. on May 30, 1899, it finally rattled down the track in Kane Spring Canyon, Ariz., and the duo made their move.

In the annals of the Old West, "Stagecoach" Mary Fields emerges as a formidable figure, defying the conventions of her time with unparalleled resilience and courage. From enslavement to ...

Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart: Toting guns, these women of the Wild West shot down the view that life as a female pioneer was about cooking, sewing, cleaning and caring for ...