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Otto Dwaine Hendricks is a character out of the Old West transplanted to the 21st century, to hear the police tell it.
A Montana man who wants to mine gravel on the Badlands ranch where Theodore Roosevelt once ran his cattle is comparing his dispute with the U.S. Forest Service to an Old West stare-down. He says he won't blink.
Perhaps the first non-Western period TV show, “Happy Days” debuted in 1974. Coming on the heels of the excitement and 1950s nostalgia fueled by “American Graffiti,” which came out a year earlier and also starred Ron Howard, “Happy Days” was chock full of 1950s themes and styles, including the iconic Al’s Diner. Despite Season 5’s infamous “jumping the shark” moment — in which Fonzie jumped on water skis over a shark tank (the phrase is now used to signal the moment when a show surpasses its peak) — “Happy Days” enjoyed another six seasons, although its earlier years are the most memorable.
Ed Harris took Old West self-sufficiency to heart with his latest film.
The tradition dates back to the Old West: A cowboy gently soothes his cattle with a simple song.
History re-enactors posing as Old West gunslingers here need to follow some modern rules, the sheriff says: Guns and alcohol don't mix.
Three guns linked to Pancho Villa were auctioned for nearly $29,000, apparently less than what organizers expected the firearms tied to the Mexican revolutionary to fetch.
Item No. 1, for him: a Remington single-action revolver engraved with a scroll pattern and "Doreteo Arango" — Pancho Villa's real name.
Each fall, a classic scene from the Old West comes thundering across a ridge.
A federal appeals court says slaughtering horses for meat is illegal in Texas, where the animals symbolize the Old West and where two of the nation's three processing plants are located.
TheHill.com-1872 mining law triggers modern-day lobbying duelNational Mining Association is using rockhounds as a reason to avoid paying reasonable fees for their mining on public land.
Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans by Jean PfaelzerThinking realistically about the history of the American West easily lands on the list of this nation's top 10 least favorite pastimes.
Japan's N700 Bullet Train: Same Speed, Less EnergyJapan's new N700 model Bullet Train is a kinder, gentler choo-choo... kinder on the environment and gentler on its passengers.
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