Cowboys, Cowgirls, and the Old West in Cyberspace

Compiled by Dr. Richard W. Slatta, the Cowboy Professor
Updated April 13, 2007 Dr. Slatta and research assistant Miko
  1. Good General Sites on the Old West
  2. Women in the West
  3. Cattle and Horses
  4. Western Museums, Associations, Art and Artists
  5. Photography
  6. Poetry, Humor
  7. Dude/Guest Ranches
  8. Music, Film, TV
  9. Rodeo
  10. First Peoples, African Americans, Vaqueros
  11. Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen
  12. Books, Magazines, Writers
  13. Other Ranges, Other Frontiers, Including Canada and Hawaii

Good General Links to the Old West

  1. eCowboy.com Excellent gateway to all things cowboy
  2. Cowboys & Cowgirls .....one of the best darn collections of Western Links on the Internet
  3. GIDDI UP GO! Western Life Links
  4. Brian Humek's Very Good Links to Old West Sites
  5. "The West" (Burns/ Ives/ PBS) Photographs and documents on most aspects of Western history and culture. Not very good on cowboys per se.
  6. Jim Janke's Old West: Excellent Links
  7. American West: Lots of Links
  8. Cowboy Resources on the Net
  9. Rich Slatta's Ranch and Frontier Life Links to a wide range of primary and secondary sources on western history.

    Women in the West

  10. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Begun in the Texas Panhandle town of Hereford more than twenty years ago, the Cowgirl Hall of Fame is now in Fort Worth. It honors the lives of women, especially those associated with rodeo, wild west shows, and ranching, who exemplify the pioneer spirit of the American West.

    11. Cattle and Horses

  11. Conquistador: "The Horse Magazine for Horses of Spanish Ancestry" Horse
  12. What's Your Beef? National American Cattlemen's Beef Association
  13. Equine Information
  14. Horse Net Tips on horse health care, sales and more

    15. Western Museums, Associations, Art and Artists

  15. Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ
  16. R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shrevenport, LA
  17. Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX
  18. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY
  19. Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum Golden, Colorado. Visit Cody at his final resting place.
  20. Museum of North West Colorado "This is the result of the fifty-year effort of Bill Mackin to gather and preserve fine, old cowboy gear."
  21. National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma, City, OK Another Great Western Musuem -- strong on history, ranching, rodeo
  22. Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA Get back in the saddle again . . .
  23. Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Happy Trails to You! Reminisce with Roy and Dale
  24. Montana Historical Society With links to Society Administration, Museum, Library, Archives, Photo Archives, Montana The Magazine of Western History, MHS Press, Museum Store, Education, Montana Heritage Project, Preservation, Montana Heritage Commission

    Photography

  25. Historic E. E. Smith photographs from the early 20th century Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX
  26. Western Images from the National Archives
  27. Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
  28. Barbara Van Cleve: Images of the American West
  29. National Archives Home Page Roam the Nation's Past
  30. Adam Jahiel's superb black-and-white photographs, including"The Last Cowboy"
  31. The Cowboy Photography Of Brian Humek Enjoy Brian's photos and check his extensive links to other cowboy sites

    Poetry, Humor

  32. Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch
  33. Cowboy Poetry Gathering Western Folklife Center, Elko, Nevada, host to the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gatherings and other events
  34. The Wyoming Companion Presents... A Cowboy Poetry Gathering

    Locating Dude/Guest Ranches

  35. Dude Ranches.com
  36. Dude Ranchers' Assocation
  37. Gene Kilgore's Ranch Web.com
  38. GORP Travel Links to Dude Ranches
  39. Guest Ranches of North Ameridca
  40. USA Tourist.com Links to Dude Ranches

    Music, Film, TV

    Michael Martin Murphey and WestFest
  41. Roughstock's History of Country & Western Music
  42. Yes, Saddle Pals, it's Riders in the Sky! Visit with Ranger Doug, Too Slim, and Woody Paul
  43. Home of the Silver Screen Cowboys Movie Heroes, Singing Cowboys and Other Cowpals, "Featuring Silver screen Cowboys of the 30's, 40's and the fifties.

    Let's Rodeo

  44. Professional Bull Riders
  45. Cheyenne (Wyoming) Frontier Days
  46. Forth Worth, Texas "Fort Worth's Cowtown Coliseum that has rodeos on most Friday and Saturday nights year-round" Don't miss the Stockyards National Historical District
  47. Friends of Rodeo Dream Catcher

    First Peoples, African Amerians, Vaqueros

  48. Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian: Photographic Images"
  49. Native Web Home Page
  50. African Americans and the Old West Dr. Melvlin Sylvester, Long Island University
  51. Vaquero Exhibit at Tubac Presidio (Arizona)
  52. Vaquero Artist - Ernest Morris: El Vaquero.com

    Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen

  53. The James-Younger Gang History, Myth, Descendants, and More Hide Park Gunfight, Newton, KS; Shootout at the OK Corral, Tombstone, AZ plus links to other areas of Kansas history
  54. The Gunfighter Zone "dedicated to bringing together information on western shooting and performance organizations, along with quality items from some of the leading western shooting vendors to help you enjoy the performance arts of the Old West."
  55. Ghost Riders (Re-enactors) ". . . a nonprofit Living History / stunt company composed of reenactors with ongoing experience in Civil War and Old West reenacting."
  56. Oklahombres Online: Lawmen and Outlaw History "dedicated to the careful, correct research and preservation of lawman and outlaw history."

    Books, Magazines, Writers

  57. OldWestNewWest.Com ". . . not just the spirit of the Old West, but how the New West celebrates our Western heritage through festivals, food, art, song and storytelling."
  58. Bibliography of books about cowboys, recommended by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
  59. Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) writer, editor of Out West magazine, photographer, "American Character"
  60. Western Reference Books " devoted to newspaper press coverage of events in American history. It includes an extensive, searchable, reference library with the catagories Civil War, Baseball, Engravings, Journalism Hoaxes, Old West including Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and more.
  61. Birds Nest Books: Out-of-Print Books, including Westerns "Birds Nest Books is located in Missoula Montana. . . . used, rare, and out-of-print books in the area of Montana History and Montana Authors. . . . over 50,000 titles in stock in 50 different subject areas"
  62. Tom Isern's Bibliography of the Great Plains
  63. W. W. Norton Catalog [Entry for "The Cowboy Encyclopedia"]
  64. Tom Knowles' Wild West book series-- good books/ good links "Home on the Internet Range for the Rough Writers of the Purple Page, where the future meets the past in a collision of myth and legend."

    Other Ranges, Other Frontiers, including Canada and Hawaii

  65. Glenbow Museum Calgary, Alberta, Canada's wonderful western cultural center: museum, art gallery, library, archives. Check it out online, then ride, ride, ride for Calgary and enjoy the real thing! Park."
  66. Williams Lake Stampede, British Columbia, late June-early July, 1-800-71-RODEO
  67. BC Cowboy Heritage Society , Kamloops, British Columbia, Williams Lake, British Columbia
  68. Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin Ride the ranges of western Canada old wagon
  69. Ranching and Paniolo Life in Hawaii Ride across the Pacific Ocean and learn about the fascinating paniolo -- Hawaii's working cowhand and rodeo rider. Trained by vaqueros from Spanish California during the 1830s, the paniolo is one of America's most interesting but least known cowboys.
  70. Pre-Cowboys: Mountain Men & Fur Trade Explore the excitement of an earlier western frontier.
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