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Ron Soodalter

Credit: CORBIS IMAGES Chief Red Cloud

The story of Red Cloud's War.

Credit: AGE Fotostock The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is rumored to be located in Arizona's Superstition Mountains.

Pirate treasure in the desert?

Credit: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame

The man who saved the breed that defined the West.

Credit: agefotostock.com Bat Masterson (1853–1921)

Bat Masterson: gambler, buffalo hunter, gunslinger, and writer.

Credit: agefotostock.com Butch Cassidy's mugshot from the Wyoming Territorial Prison.

The life and death (?) of Butch Cassidy.

Credit: Bozeman Daily Chronicle A photograph of Bozeman, Mont., from 1911.

The cattle drive to Montana that inspired Lonesome Dove.

Nate Champion (left) with other Wyoming ranchers.

Courage under fire.

Credit: King Ranch The King Ranch main house.

Texas's legendary King Ranch has been in operation 162 years.

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The true story behind "The Revenant"—Hugh Glass’s tale of survival and revenge.

Credit: Pavel Kisselev

Bass Reeves arrests his own son.