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April 2007

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Features

birthofstate

Birth of a State

Valerie Haynes
Who remembers Billy the Kid?

Dreamscape Desperado

Paul Andrew Hutton
And one Kid.

A Tale of Two Governors…

Jason Strykowski
The James brothers and their gang were the right bandits for their time.

Robbing the Yankees

John Koblas
Tracing the real story behind Buffalo Bill's trick riders.

Those Aren’t Russian Cossacks!

Irakli Makharadze

Western Books & Movies

Broken Trail Spin-Offs

Henry Cabot Beck

Moses Taite’s War

Henry Cabot Beck
Garrett's book is bunk, Burns’ revived the Kid and Wallis' latest bio tells the whole truth.

An Endless Attraction to Billy

Allen Barra
fromhondotobig

From Hondo to Big Ike

Candy Moulton
vengeancemoon

Vengeance Moon

William Garwood
onlocation

On Location!

TW Editors
greattrainrob

Great Train Robberies of the Old West

Linda Wommack
speadingtheword

Spreading the Word

Meghan Saar
followingroyalrd

Following the Royal Road

Cynthia Green
amarillo

Amarillo: The Story of a Western Town

Linda Wommack
lonestarlawman

Lone Star Lawman

Richard H. Dillon
ballotsandbullets

BALLOTS AND BULLETS: The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas

Chuck Lewis
westerns

The Reel, not Real, Jesse James in Film

Johnny D. Boggs
downinthevalley

Bandidas

Henry Cabot Beck
givememountains

Give Me Mountains For My Horses

Chuck Lewis
califgoldrush

The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

Richard H. Dillon
sunsettrail

Sunset Trail

William Garwood
undersunsetrim

Under the Sunset Rim

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
texasshowdown

Texas Showdown

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
Jim Clark is Hollywood's go-to man when it comes to trains.

The Train Man

Mark Boardman
heavenislong

Heaven is a Long Way Off

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
caminodelnorte

Camino del Norte

Richard H. Dillon
vallescaldera

Valles Caldera: A Vision for New Mexico’s National Preserve

Linda Wommack
fromleadmines

From Lead Mines to Gold Fields

Richard H. Dillon
timeforpeace

A Time for Peace: Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878-1891

Linda Wommack
landscapeholly

The Landscape of Hollywood Westerns

Cynthia Green
gettingaway

Getting Away With Murder on the Texas Frontier

Chuck Lewis
rockhudson

Rock Hudson Screen Legend Collection

Henry Cabot Beck
legendaryoutlaw

Legendary Outlaws

Henry Cabot Beck
gunsmokedirec

Gunsmoke: The Director’s Collection

Henry Cabot Beck
devilsgate

Devil’s Gate

Chuck Lewis
newmexico

New Mexico Past and Future

Cynthia Green
hartbrand

The Hart Brand

William Garwood
tobermoryman

The Tobermory Manuscript

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
collectedshort

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’amor: The Adventure Stories

William Garwood

More In This Issue

renegaderds

Tracking the Great Bear

Candy Moulton
classicgunfight

One Man With Courage Makes A Majority

Bob Boze Bell
womenofwest

No Compromise with War

Jana Bommersbach
shootingfromhip

Ugly Ducklings of Frontier Six-shooters

Phil Spangenberger
preservation

Preservation: Roll Along, Wagon Train

TW Editors
Quantrill takes us to Lawrence, Kansas, and Missouri.

Sacking Lawrence

Johnny D. Boggs
Butt kickin' rodeo cowgirls who inspired True West's #1 Museum of 2007.

Queen of Country Swing’s Tough Mamas

Bob Boze Bell
collectingwest

A Gun Exchanged for Billy the Kid’s Mare

Meghan Saar
manthatwontbend

A Man That Won’t Bend

Mark Boardman
roadtrip

Trailing the First Indian Person

Johnny D. Boggs
whatsitlike

St. Joseph, MO

TW Editors
storiesbehindsong

Stories Behind the Song

Bethany Braley

ATM Update: Hunnewell, KS

Marshall Trimble

What can you tell me about Cimarron, New Mexico?

Marshall Trimble

If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?

Marshall Trimble

What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military?

Marshall Trimble

What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor?

Marshall Trimble
From Omaha, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma.

Trailing the First Indian Person

Johnny D. Boggs
Full speed ahead, Jedediah.

“Western Movie” Night … at the Museum

TW Editors
New Zealand couple captures the heart and soul of the American West.

Mellonsfolly’s Wild West

Meghan Saar
Royal Wade Kimes' success shows why sometimes the outlaw wins.

A Man That Won’t Bend

Mark Boardman
Historic trails saved by a future president and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Madonna of the Western Trails

Cindy Thomson

I’m making models of authentic Western homes/ranches. Can you tell me more about the use of glass in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble

How did the term “cowpoke” come about?

Marshall Trimble
whatsitliketolive

Wickenburg, Arizona

TW Editors
classicgunfights

Adair Before They Die

Bob Boze Bell
womenofwest

Railroad’s First Lady

Jana Bommersbach
shootingfromhip

Have Gun, Safe for Travel?

Phil Spangenberger
renegaderds

Whiskey-Runnin’ Whoop-Up Trail

Candy Moulton
preservation

Preservation: Depot Heroes

TW Editors
collectingwest

Tom Horn Hits the Auction Block

Meghan Saar

Is 1954’s Dawn at Socorro based on a true story?

Marshall Trimble

What shirts were popular in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble

Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that scam?

Marshall Trimble

A family Bible belonging to the sister of Brushy Bill, who claimed to be Billy the Kid, listed his birth year as 1879. If this is true, then Brushy Bill couldn’t possibly be Billy the Kid, right?

Marshall Trimble