John Williams tapped the little-known saga of how the nation's future got a jump start in the early American West.

One of the best things about the Paramount drama Lawman: Bass Reeves was the way the series took the historical accounts of the titular U.S. Marshal and elevated the lesser-known elements of his story ...

"Bridger, with a small party, followed the Snake River to its very source, and wandered around for some time in what is now known as Yellowstone National Park; and he evidently became fascinated with ...