Here, in pictures made in the late 1980's, he photographs plastic figures of such staple characters of Western lore as lariat-tossing cowboys, pioneer mothers and gunfighters.

Like much of Western lore, however, this image is more grandiose than the truth.

Much like werewolves or vampires in Western lore, there are always variations on the myth depending on the liberties that each story takes with the legend.

By writing about African American characters, Durham gave voice to a population seldom included in our Western lore.

An African artist is one who works in many different capacities, rather than just being a "starving artist," of Western lore.

Although Keith Carradine plays Hickok, the famed gunfighter and gambler, anyone even mildly versed in Western lore knows the role won't be the show's longest-running one.

Harman also drew Western lore into an extra panel, On the Range.

And while the sheep may be somewhat déclassé in Western lore, in China a person born in such a year is said to be gentle, compassionate and artistic.

There was nothing in his prose evocative of the pulpy approach to Western lore that was then in vogue.

Watson, who was killed in 1910, was tried for her murder, but was acquitted, and the ambush has entered Western lore as "unsolved".