 
Annual Old West Event Sites
Note: Sadly, with the state of the economy, many
of these events are being cancelled.
- Apacheland Days
- January ~ Apache Junction, AZ
- Carson
City Rendezvous - June ~ Carson City, NV
-
Clanton Days Rendezvous - November ~ Tombstone, AZ
- Cochise
Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering - February ~
Sierra Vista, AZ
- Cowboy Festival
- Four day event held in March ~ Santa Clarita, CA
- Cowboy
Poetry Gathering & Buckaroo Fair - November ~ Heber City, UT
- Crossroads Of The
West Gun Shows - Spring ~ AZ, CA,NV, UT
- Defeat Of
Jesse James Days - The first weekend after Labor Day ~
Northfield, MN
- Festival Of The
West - Four day event held in March ~ Phoenix, Arizona
- Helldorado Days - October ~ Tombstone, AZ
- High Noon Collectors Show
- January ~ Phoenix, AZ
- Lone Pine Film
Festival - October ~ Lone Pine, CA
- Mesa Old West Days
- November ~ Mesa, AZ
- Old Miners Day - June ~ Chloride, AZ
- Rendezvous
Of The Gunfighters
- September ~ Tombstone,
AZ
- Sacramento Gold
Rush Days - September ~ Sacramento, CA
- SASS End Of Trail - June ~ Albuquerque, NM
- SASS Winter Range
- March ~ Phoenix, AZ
- SASS Wild West
Christmas - December ~ Las Vegas, NV
- Spirit Of The
West Festival - September ~ Sioux Falls, SD
- Whiskey Row Shootout - July ~ Prescott, AZ
- Wild Western
Festival - September ~ Avondale, AZ
- Worlds Oldest Rodeo
- Held first week of July ~ Prescott, AZ
- Wyatt Earp Days - May ~ Tombstone, AZ
Historical Information
- 20 Mule
Team Museum - The mission of the Twenty Mule Team Museum is to
acquire and document artifacts pertaining to local history and to the
history of borax mining in Death Valley and Boron, CA.
- Accessible
Archives - provides access to large collections of
newspapers and books from the 18th and 19th Centuries reflecting
broad views across American history and culture.
- Borax: The Twenty Mule Team - The Borax 20 Mule team is one of the most memorable icons of the American West
- Copper Spike Train
Excursion - Named for the copper mining region served by the
railway in Globe, Arizona.
- Daguerreian Society
- The visual wonder of 19th century imagery
- Entertainers, Hurdy Girls, Soiled Doves
and other Ladies of the Evening
- History Channel - The Best Search In History
- History On-Line - Your On-Line Research Resource
- Historical Sonora Pass Wagon Train
- Join our spirit as we live and ride as our ancestors did in the 1800’s during their search for a new life in the Old West
- Images of the American West - Select images from the National Archives
- Links to Trails West
- The westward expansion and trails west
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Notorious
Ladies Of The Old West - Frontier women appear to be remembered in two
distinct groups: the good, hardworking, plains woman and the infamous,
treacherous outlaw or prostitute
- Old West History Newspaper Articles
- Tidbits of information about newspapers in each territory of the Western U.S.
- Outlaw
Women - Who really tamed the Old West? Pioneer Women who lived outside
the lines.
- Prostitution In The West - The oldest profession is really a life of
desperation.
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Rope
Tricks - How to spin a rope, lariat, rope moving targets, & trick cowboy
knots by Bernard S. Mason
- Soiled Doves Of The Old West - Soiled Doves
and their Notorious History
- Superstition
Mountain Museum - The Superstition Mountain Museum collects,
preserves and displays the artifacts, history and folklore of the
Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction and the surrounding region.
- The
Death Valley Journal - Assisting others who have a
desire to learn more about this diverse region.
- The Gold Ledge - Information about gold mining, metal detecting, rock & gem collecting and history
- The West - The PBS television documentary series
- Tale Of The Lost Dutchman - Bibliography, notes and chronology
-
Timeline of Old West Events - PBS
- Traveling by Stagecoach - 1877, the Omaha Herald
- Hints For Plains Travelers
- Western Stagecoach Travel - Links to the stages and the trails
- Women of the West
- Information about women and their status and roles throughout the
19th and 20th centuries
Old West Towns & Movie Locations
- 1880 Town
- The 1880 town began
as a movie set but was never used for filming. View memorabilia that
were used in filming the movie "Dances with Wolves".
-
Apacheland Movie Ranch -
The Rifleman, The Virginian, Maverick, Charro, Rio Bravo are just a few of the movies filmed.
- Bodie Ghost Town - National Historic Site and a State Historic Park
since1962, the remains of Bodie are being preserved in a state of arrested
decay
- Calico Ghost Town - 1881 Marked the beginning of one of the largest silver strikes
in California history and the birth of Calico
- Gammons
Gulch - Old West Town & Mining Camp, Movie Set & Museum
- Goldfield Ghost Town - Perched atop a small hill between the mighty Superstition Mountains to the east and the Goldfield Mountains to the west
- the first gold-strike was made in 1892
- Laredo Western Town
- The one and only true Western town in the UK.
- Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio
- Working movie set where HBO's, "Deadwood", was filmed
- the Mojave Desert - Ghost Towns, Gold Mines, Old Buildings & Cemeteries
- Pioneertown - How
The West Was Once
- Places To Go In Arizona - Parks and monuments, cities and towns
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Places To Go In Southern California - Parks and monuments, cities and towns
- Randsburg Ghost Town - A living Ghost town, Randsburg came to life in the mid 1890's when gold was discovered on the slope of Rand Mountain in 1895
- Tombstone, Arizona - "The Town Too Tough To Die"
- USA Ghost Towns - Listing of Ghost Towns across the US and Canada
- Whitehorse
Movie Ranch - A place for
the Old West Enthusiast! Movie set and props for rent!
- Virginia City, NV - Began in the late 1850's, a gold boom turned Virginia City into the most important settlement between Denver and San Francisco
Old West & Gunfighter Sites
Authors & Artists
- Buck Taylor - Renowned
actor & artist who starred in Gunsmoke, plus over 28 films. Paints Western scenes - mostly in watercolor
- Dave
Bourne - His saloon piano music was not only used extensively
in the HBO series “Deadwood”, but he was featured as the piano player in the Gem
Saloon in the series as well.
- Drew
Henricksen - Published author of
"Dragons &
Wolves", a Sci-fi / Western Fantasy, complete with Gunfights, saloons, wild
women and beer. "Not a bed-time fable for the kids!" -
Archebooks Publishing
- Firesands
Graphics - Images by Kenton Elliot. Landscapes, Wildlife, People & Places
- Gary Ledoux
- author of "Tombstone: A Chronicle In Perspective" A timeline showing noted events in & around Tombstone
compared to other old west events, other world & national events
- Grizzly Files - Tall
tales in the old time prose
- J.C. Leacock Photography - Landscapes & Lifestyles of the West and Beyond
- Marilyn Natoli -
author of "Valentine Cowboy" A tribute
to the once famous Apacheland Movie Ranch that burned down. February
14, 2004
- Patti Doolittle
- Western images by award winning painter specializing in the Old West. She uses the Mojave
Muleskinners as many of her subjects.
- Squeek
Steel - records Good Old Songs on honky-tonk
and antique pianos in the old mining town of Virginia City, Nevada
- The Tombstone
Epitaph -
the oldest continuously published newspaper in Arizona , and since
1975, a national historical monthly journal of the old west.
- True West
Magazine - Preserving the American West
-
Western
Slang & Phrases - A writer's guide to the Old West
- Writins by Weakeyes Cody
- Talented and witty writings
Reenactment
& Mercantile Information
- 1880's Etc. -
Home of 1880s authentic reproduction accessories
- Ageless Patterns
- Reproduction Patterns. Hard-to-find
reproductions of authentic patterns.
- Apache Trail Tours
- Off road desert Apache Trail adventures
- Ashley Nostalgia - An Old Time Photo & Costume Company
- AzRA Historical Resources - Casting
Directors, Props, Reenactors, Set Dressing & Wardrobe
- Corsets & Crinolines - A resource for collectors of period costume
- Cumberland General Store -
From windmills to souse pans, from home plans to corn huskers
- G & F Carriages - Carriages for all occasions
- G & F Horse Trailers & Repair
- "Built by a horseman FOR horsemen!"
- How
To Become A Pistolero - Guide to beginning Old West Historical Reenacting.
- Knee
Hi Boots, Minnetonka Moccasins, Teepee Creepers, and Gifts
- Leather Works By Rufus T - Exceptional
quality handcrafted leather goods!
- London Jack's
Leather - One-of-a-kind handcrafted. Original & Unique!
-
Madame
Marilyn's - Old Time Western Photography
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Maritime Arts
- History In Clothing. A clothing store for costuming and
historical reenactment clothing.
- OK Corral, Inc. - Oldest pack station in the Superstition Mtns. Horse Rentals,
& Trail Rides
-
Old
Times Nostalgia Store - Old West Throws, Tombstone, Outlaws &
Lawmen Civil War, Collectibles - John Wayne, Roy Rogers and others!
-
Recollections - Victorian, Old West, Civil War and 19th Century Clothing
-
Reenactor.Net - Information about historical reenacting around the world
-
Reenactorstuff.com - Auction Site for Reenactors, find all of your reenactment stuff
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Reproduction
Fabrics - A source of cotton reproduction fabrics for
costumers and quilters. Fabrics of time periods 1775-1970
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River Junction Trading Post - Manufactures and dealers in 19th Century Dry Goods
- Sacramento City Dry Goods
- Our mission is to be a store that can supply your needs for 19th
Century Impressions.
- Truly Victorian - Costume patterns from the 1840's to the 1890's. Specializing in the Bustle Era.
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the Victorian Era - Links to Vintage Clothing, Costumes & Accessories
- Victorian Costuming -
Source for Victorian clothing,.
- Victorian
Trading Company - 19th Century Victorian Gifts and
Collectibles
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Victorian
Western Wear - Links for information on clothing in the Old West
- Walker 47 - The premier outfitter in the western United States
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