The Kardashian/Jenner family is famous for many things—and their extravagant Christmas celebrations top that list. Their ...

“Western style is defined by hard work,” she says. Recreating it hinges on nailing down the smaller things: true cowboys, for example, wear jeans way longer than the average American man or woman.

The jeans were among 270 Gold Rush-era memorabilia that sold for nearly $1m total, according to Holabird Western Americana Collections. The auction took place in Reno, Nevada in the western US ...