Buffalo Bob Smith

For those of us who ate lunch in front of an old black and white TV as youngsters, we undoubtedly never missed Buffalo Bob Smith in his cowboy garbed outfit, along with his pal “Howdy Doody.” Westerns were king during the 1950s, and most of us wanted to be cowboys like Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody character “Sheriff John.” Buffalo Bob made a special guest appearance on Happy Days in the 1970s. He died at age 80 of cancer in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The Howdy Doody Show began in December 1947 and lasted 13 seasons.

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Western film and television shows helped shape the moral values of many people in this country. Children grew up watching Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and many other heroes of the silver screen following the "Code of the West." The battle of wrong vs. right was the theme of virtually every Western movie and television show, and the right always prevailed.

Wildest Westerns is a Western magazine that is dedicated to revisiting those "thrilling tales of yesteryear" in the articles, interviews, reviews, and photos on our magazine pages. Some of America's most respected and remembered heroes and villains came from these Western genres. It is our hope that this Western magazine will awaken the memories in your heart, and also help bring to light the values of the Western to those who didn't have the benefit of knowing these wonderful heroes and villains. We will always remember them, and would like to say "Thank You" to all the actors, actresses, directors, producers, studios, and all the unsung heroes behind the scenes that brought us the Western.