Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. When Robert McClure picked up the phone to talk to about the new journalism startup he’s working for, Investigate West, he was ...

In the annals of the Old West, "Stagecoach" Mary Fields emerges as a formidable figure, defying the conventions of her time ...

Historian and author William Loren Katz gave a talk at the CUNY Graduate Center on “The Black West.” The talk was filled with descriptions of people who, Mr. Katz said, made the West but seldom made ...

It’s hard to imagine a future in which the myth of the American West isn’t dominated by white men. It’s harder yet to imagine a moment when dismantling it is more important than it is today, as a kind ...

Undergraduates need to see the forest, not just the trees. Given the sharp decline in the quantity and quality of history instruction in K-12 schools, students now more than ever need a big-picture ...

Kevin Costner is bringing love for Western culture to a younger generation, thanks to so many of his cowboy-themed projects: "Yellowstone," "Horizon" and now the History Channel’s "The West." Costner ...

Since 1997, the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association has not only commemorated the very first Lutheran church built in the area, but is also keeping the stories of those pioneers alive. Over ...