Say “Old West six-gun” and most folks picture a single-action Colt on a cavalryman’s hip. That image isn’t wrong – but it’s incomplete. The late 1800s were an arms-race of ideas, and double-action (DA ...

An Oakland parade and festival dating back a half-century sought to preserve the often neglected legacy of the Black cowboy in shaping the Old West. Black cowboys and cowgirls paraded around DeFremery ...