Dear Call Box: There was an Old West gunfighter by the name of John Wesley Hardin who lived in Jacksonville until he was discovered by the Pinkertons. He was in the meat-cutting business ...

Many infamous outlaws terrorized the Old West, gunslingers like Billy the Kid and John Wesley Hardin. But one name stands out as the most efficient, elusive killer of the bunch—Deacon Jim Miller.

In America’s first climate war, John Wesley Powell tried to prevent the overdevelopment that led to environmental devastation. By John F. Ross A ranch in Boise City, Oklahoma, is about to be ...

John Wesley Powell is best known as an explorer of the Colorado River and surrounding regions. But his greatest legacy may be the early warnings he sounded about settlement and water use in the West.