It was the American Frontier, known also as the “Old West,” or the “Wild West” – a place that encompassed the folklore, geography and culture associated with the wave of American expansion in mainland ...

ELKO, Nev. • The familiar sound of drunken merriment impedes the crowded main street of Deadwood as a man with a thick, white beard smokes a cigar and plays piano in the Gem Saloon. Reverend Smith, ...