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Annual Old West Event Sites

Note: Sadly, with the state of the economy, many of these events are being cancelled.

• Carson City Rendezvous - June ~ Carson City, NV
• Clanton Days Rendezvous - November ~ Tombstone, AZ
• Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering  - February ~ Sierra Vista, AZ
• Cowboy Festival - Four day event held in March ~ Santa Clarita, CA
• Cowboy Poetry Gathering & Buckaroo Fair - November ~ Heber City, UT
• Defeat Of Jesse James Days - The first weekend after Labor Day ~ Northfield, MN
• Festival Of The West - Four day event held in March ~ Phoenix, Arizona
• Helldorado Days - October ~ Tombstone, AZ
• High Noon Collectors Show -  January ~ Phoenix, AZ
• Holbrook Old West Days - August ~ Holbrook, AZ
• Lone Pine Film Festival - October ~ Lone Pine, CA
• Old Miners Day - June ~ Chloride, AZ
• Old Ways Days - May ~ Yucaipa, CA
• Rendezvous Of The Gunfighters - September ~ Tombstone, AZ
• SASS End Of Trail -  June ~ Albuquerque, NM
• SASS Winter Range - March ~ Phoenix, AZ
• SASS Wild West Christmas -  December ~ Las Vegas, NV
• Spirit Of The West Festival  - September ~ Sioux Falls, SD
• Whiskey Row Shootout - July ~ Prescott, AZ
• Wild Western Festival -  September ~ Avondale, AZ
• Worlds Oldest Rodeo - Held first week of July ~ Prescott, AZ
• Wyatt Earp Days - May ~ Tombstone, AZ

Historical Information

• 20 Mule Team Museum - The mission of the Twenty Mule Team Museum is to acquire and document artifacts pertaining to local history and to the history of borax mining in Death Valley and Boron, CA.
• Borax: The Twenty Mule Team - The Borax 20 Mule team is one of the most memorable icons of the American West
• Daguerreian Society - The visual wonder of 19th century imagery
• Entertainers, Hurdy Girls, Soiled Doves and other Ladies of the Evening
• History Channel - The Best Search In History
• History On-Line - Your On-Line Research Resource
• Historical Sonora Pass Wagon Train - Join our spirit as we live and ride as our ancestors did in the 1800’s during their search for a new life in the Old West
• Images of the American West - Select images from the National Archives
• Links to Trails West - The westward expansion and trails west
• Notorious Ladies Of The Old West - Frontier women appear to be remembered in two distinct groups: the good, hardworking, plains woman and the infamous, treacherous outlaw or prostitute
• Old West History Newspaper Articles - Tidbits of information about newspapers in each territory of the Western U.S.
• Outlaw Women - Who really tamed the Old West? Pioneer Women who lived outside the lines.
• Prostitution In The West - The oldest profession is really a life of desperation, though there are ladies that became
• Rope Tricks - How to spin a rope, lariat, rope moving targets, & trick cowboy knots by Bernard S. Mason
• Soiled Doves Of The Old West - Soiled Doves and their Notorious History
• The Death Valley Journal -  Assisting others who have a desire to learn more about this diverse region.
• The Gold Ledge - Information about gold mining, metal detecting, rock & gem collecting and history
• The West - The PBS television documentary series
• Tale Of The Lost Dutchman - Bibliography, notes and chronology
• Timeline of Old West Events - PBS
• Traveling by Stagecoach - 1877, the Omaha Herald -  Hints For Plains Travelers
• Western Stagecoach Travel - Links to the stages and the trails
• Women of the West - Information about women and their status and roles throughout the 19th and 20th centuries

Old West Towns & Movie Locations

• 1880 Town - The 1880 town began as a movie set but was never used for filming. View memorabilia that were used in filming the movie "Dances with Wolves".
• AZ Ghost Town Resources - Arizona ghost towns and web directory
• Apacheland Movie Ranch - Feb. 14, 2004, all of Apacheland, except the barn and church, burned to the ground. 
• Apacheland Movie Ranch - The Rifleman, The Virginian, Maverick, Charro, Rio Bravo are just a few of the movies filmed.
• Apachelandstudio.com - information website for movies filmed in western towns located on the historic Apache Trail
• Bodie Ghost Town - National Historic Site and a State Historic Park since1962, the remains of Bodie are being preserved in a state of arrested decay
• Calico Ghost Town - 1881 Marked the beginning of one of the largest silver strikes in California history and the birth of Calico
• Gammons Gulch - Old West Town & Mining Camp, Movie Set & Museum
• Goldfield Ghost Town - Perched atop a small hill between the mighty Superstition Mountains to the east and the Goldfield Mountains to the west -  the first gold-strike was made in 1892
• Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio - Working movie set where HBO's, "Deadwood", was filmed
• Mescal Arizona - World famous movie location that just opened to the public for the first time! Quick & The Dead, Tombstone, Buffalo Soldiers, Dirty Dingus Magee, Monte Walsh, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
• the Mojave Desert - Ghost Towns, Gold Mines, Old Buildings & Cemeteries
• Pioneertown - How The West Was Once
• Pioneer Living History Village - Living History Museum. Educational facility appreciating Arizona's Territorial Days 1880's-1912
• Places To Go In Arizona - Parks and monuments, cities and towns
• Places To Go In Southern California - Parks and monuments, cities and towns
• Randsburg Ghost Town - A living Ghost town, Randsburg came to life in the mid 1890's when gold was discovered on the slope of Rand Mountain in 1895
• Tombstone, Arizona - "The Town Too Tough To Die"
• USA Ghost Towns - Listing of Ghost Towns across the US and Canada
• Whitehorse Movie Ranch - A place for the Old West Enthusiast! Movie set and props for rent!
• Virginia City, NV - Began in the late 1850's, a gold boom turned Virginia City into the most important settlement between Denver and San Francisco

Old West & Gunfighter Sites

• Alabama Hills Gang - The Alabama Hills Gang fom Lone Pine, California
• AZ Reenacting Network - Historical Reenacting in the Southwest
• Deguello Gunslingers -  Old West comedy vignettes performed at the Yuma Territorial Prison every Sunday at High Noon & 2pm October through April.
• Deadwood - the HBO series that was filmed at Melody Ranch Movie Studios,  CA
• Fallbrook Outlaws - Gunfighting group based in Fallbrook, California
• Goldfield Gunfighters - Gunfighting group based in Goldfield Ghost Town, Arizona
• Gunfighters For Hire - Gunfighting group based in Pioneertown, California
• Guns and Garters - Wild West Reenactors based in Southern California
• Guns Of The Golden West Association - A group dedicated to preserving a tiny part of the Wild West
• Jim Janke's Old West - The legend and reality of 19th Century America west of the Mississippi & Missouri Rivers
• the Magnificent Seven - the Old West - Western interest site.
• Old West Reenactment Groups - Reenactment group listings by State.
• Outlaw Gunfighters - The Gunfighters perform shoot-outs daily at High Noon and 2:15 PM MST in Oatman, Arizona on Historical Route 66.
• Pioneertown Posse - The Pioneertown Posse perform every Saturday at 2:30 pm on Mane Street in Pioneertown, California from April - October.
• Scandinavian Country Gunslingers - Gunfighting group hailing from Denmark
• The Gunfighter Zone - Western interest site
• The Smokewagon - A Belgian and UK based Wild West Re-enactment group
• U.S. Territorial Marshals - A Non-Profit Performing Arts Association

Authors & Artists

• Buck Taylor - Renowned actor & artist who starred in Gunsmoke, plus over 28 films. Paints Western scenes - mostly in watercolor
• Dave Bourne - His saloon piano music was not only used extensively in the HBO series “Deadwood”, but he was featured as the piano player in the Gem Saloon in the series as well.
• Drew Henricksen - Published author of  "Dragons & Wolves", a Sci-fi / Western Fantasy, complete with Gunfights, saloons, wild women and beer. "Not a bed-time fable for the kids!" - Archebooks Publishing
• Firesands Graphics - Images by Kenton Elliot. Landscapes, Wildlife, People & Places
• Gary Ledoux - author of "Tombstone: A Chronicle In Perspective"  A timeline showing noted events in & around Tombstone compared to other old west events, other world & national events
• Grizzly Files - Tall tales in the old time prose
• J.C. Leacock Photography - Landscapes & Lifestyles of the West and Beyond
• Leather Works By Rufus T - Exceptional quality handcrafted leather goods! Original & Unique!
• Marilyn Natoli - author of "Valentine Cowboy" A tribute to the once famous Apacheland Movie Ranch that burned down. February 14, 2004
• Patti Doolittle - Western images by award winning painter specializing in the Old West. She uses the Mojave Muleskinners as many of her subjects.
• Squeek Steel - records Good Old Songs on honky-tonk and antique pianos in the old mining town of Virginia City, Nevada
• True West Magazine - Preserving the American West
• Western Slang & Phrases - A writer's guide to the Old West
• Writins by Weakeyes Cody - Talented and witty writings

Reenactment & Mercantile Information

• 1880's Etc. - Home of 1880s authentic reproduction accessories
• Ageless Patterns - Reproduction Patterns. Hard-to-find reproductions of authentic patterns.
• Ashley Nostalgia - An Old Time Photo & Costume Company
• AzRA Historical Resources - Casting Directors, Props, Reenactors, Set Dressing & Wardrobe
• Corsets & Crinolines - A resource for collectors of period costume
• Cumberland General Store - From windmills to souse pans, from home plans to corn huskers
• Fort Boone Mercantile - Home of Ole Tyme goods.
• G & F Carriages - Carriages for all occasions
• G & F Horse Trailers & Repair - "Built by a horseman FOR horsemen!"
• Historical Yellowpages - History directory for Reenactors and Historical dealers
• How To Become A Pistolero - Guide to beginning Old West Historical Reenacting.  
• Knee Hi Boots, Minnetonka Moccasins, Teepee Creepers, and Gifts
• Leather Works By Rufus T - Exceptional quality handcrafted leather goods! Original & Unique!
• Madame Marilyn's - Old Time Western Photography
• Maritime Arts - History In Clothing. A clothing store for costuming and historical reenactment clothing.
• OK Corral, Inc. - Oldest pack station in the Superstition Mtns.  Horse Rentals, & Trail Rides
• Old Times Nostalgia Store - Old West Throws, Tombstone, Outlaws & Lawmen Civil War, Collectibles - John Wayne, Roy Rogers and others!
• Recollections - Victorian, Old West, Civil War and 19th Century Clothing
• Reenactor.Net - Information about historical reenacting around the world
• Reenactorstuff.com - Auction Site for Reenactors, find all of your reenactment stuff
• Reproduction Fabrics - A source of cotton reproduction fabrics for costumers and quilters. Fabrics of time periods 1775-1970
• River Junction Trading Post - Manufactures and dealers in 19th Century Dry Goods
• Sacramento City Dry Goods - Our mission is to be a store that can supply your needs for 19th Century Impressions.
• Truly Victorian - Costume patterns from the 1840's to the 1890's. Specializing in the Bustle Era.
• the Victorian Era - Links to Vintage Clothing, Costumes & Accessories
• Victorian Costuming - Source for  Victorian clothing,.
• Victorian Trading Company - 19th Century Victorian Gifts and Collectibles
• Victorian Western Wear - Links for information on clothing in the Old West
• Walker 47 - The premier outfitter in the western United States

Organizations & Foundations

• Happy Trails Children's Foundation - Happy Trails Children's Foundation, who they are and how you can take part in helping children in need
• National Registry of Living Historians - The Trading Post for All Living Historians, Reenactors, Educators, and Collectors
• National Rifle Association Of America (NRA) - National gun owners organization dedicated to preserve the constitutional right to bear arms.
• Why Should You Visit The NRA? - If you have a gun, and most reenactors do, then the NRA has already helped you

Webrings & Miscellaneous

• The Dash In - On Apache Trail - A convenient stop for gas and libations on the way to the lake or on your travels down Highway 88. 

• The Hitching Post Restaurant - Hitching Post Pizza and Pub, Apache Junction, Arizona

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