Legends & Lies

A profile of John Henry "Doc" Holliday includes the gunfight at the O.K. corral.

A profile of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok features his reputation as a marksman and penchant for gambling.

A profile of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-68) explores his reputation as a mountain man, wilderness guide and Army officer.

A profile of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), a frontiersman, politician and folk hero, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

A profile of Black Bart, a notorious stagecoach robber in the Old West.

A profile of Billy the Kid, a New York City native who became an outlaw in the Old West in the 1870s.

A profile of George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War commander in the Union Army, who later died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

A profile of Bass Reeves (1838-1910), a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.

A profile of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a pair of notorious Old West outlaws, who were immortalized in the Oscar-nominated 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).