Tom Wilmes

Discussing the final season of "Hell on Wheels."

The legendary cowboy crooner still makes quite an impact.

Aaron Watson made it to the top on his own terms.

The Texas Ranger legend talks criminal cases, book writing, and movie making.

Actor Barry Corbin talks horses, Lonesome Dove, and the West.

Audiences remember the epic story and timeless character, but the cast and crew who worked behind the scenes remember a whole lot more. Here are some of their stories.

John Wayne’s granddaughter shares personal memories of her grandfather and how she and many others are helping to carry on his legacy through the fight against cancer.

There is a well-documented and sometimes dubious connection between cowboy culture and alcohol, but beef and brewing industries have long shared a profitable partnership.

Despite the way many old Westerns dramatize it, throwing a tomahawk in combat is not a recommended tactic. (Always hold on to your weapon!) Nonetheless, throwing competitions have long been popular. Champion tomahawk-throwing expert and instructor Cliff “Awol” Hill shows how it’s done.

An exclusive interview with brothers Jet and Cord McCoy on Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, ranch life, and the Cowboy Way.

Branson is as far east as you can get while still feeling like you are in the West. The "Live Entertainment Capital of the World," is sure to show you the ultimate western experience.

It’s easy to see why many people relate to the story of Lonesome Dove as their own. In it they see their grandparents, or more abstractly the story of our country at the point its uniquely American character was laboring to be born. That the story is told so well is testament to the clear-eyed vision of Larry McMurtry as he penned his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and to the cast and crew who transcended the limits of television to bring his epic tale to the small screen with integrity intact. A