Welcome to The Old West!
The Old West Daily Reader is a calendar-based way of enjoying the History of the American Wild West; a collection of word-bytes about the past; historical hors d’ oeuvres intended to be enjoyed on their own merit, or to psyche you up to go out and find more of this complex and wonderful story. Well over 400 pages of interesting and valuable information…
Benefits of an annual subscription to
The Old West Daily Reader
at the
Ridiculously cheap price of $20 per year!!
- Weeks: A daily dose of what happened in the Historic West on that date. Fifty-two weeks, 366 days, more than 1600 entries outlining the people, places and events that helped create the “Truth” and the mythos of the Old West.
- Players: An alphabetic listing of every person, place or event (3,500+) noted in Weeks, cross-referenced in such a way that it’s easy to turn up related facts and stories.
- An extensive Quotes section, featuring comments from some of The Players and many others.
- The Originals: The Explorers, Battles & Feuds, Doves & Nighthawks, Forts, Gunfighter Statistics, Trails and The Great Wild West Shows.
- The Pretenders: The Western Movies, TV and Radio Shows that help us remember and keep it alive.
Including Danny Ramblin’ Jack’s Movie Quiz - Photo Gallery: Thirteen Sections of Old West Photos: mine, yours and those found in the Public Domain.
A large selection of fine antique firearms from Reader Contributors! - A large References section: to help you go beyond the information available in OWDR if you wish to do so.
- Ongoing additions to all of the above; including contributions from subscribers, which are reviewed and added to OWDR, with recognition.
- Links to Friends: The builders of OWDR, Contributors and Friends.
If you might to want exchange links with OWDR, let’s powwow; email us (bottom of page).
The Old West Daily Reader: Your everyday companion for a succinct insight into Western History. Friend of every cowgirl or cowboy, real or want-a-be; a primer of Old West research for any purpose: students, teachers, re-enactors, writers, speakers, hobbyists, historians and more. Start your trail into Western History with The Old West Daily Reader one of the most fascinating and useful western sites on the web!
