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May 2011 Events

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How prevalent was “pot” in the West?

Marshall Trimble

How did 19th-century government land grants to the railroads work?

Marshall Trimble

Why did Gene Autry carry a two-gun rig minus one holster?

Marshall Trimble

When did the practice of branding livestock begin in the U.S.?

Marshall Trimble
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What’s the difference between a marshal and a sheriff?

Marshall Trimble

Did early Westerns actually film at night or just close down the lens?

Marshall Trimble
Commodore Perry Owens vs. The Blevins Boys.

The Blevins Boys are in the House

Bob Boze Bell
A record-setting auction for an oil painting by cowboy artist Will James.

Wild Horses Run to the Top

Meghan Saar
A record-setting auction for an oil painting by cowboy artist Will James.

Wild Horses Run to the Top

Meghan Saar
How the realization that rats spread disease led to improved bait methods.

Baits, Traps and Old West Rats

Dr. Jim Kornberg
Yummy scents turned some into criminals and most into customers.

Tempted by Baked Goods

Sherry Monahan
What’s next for the recently-retired historian of Tombstone, Arizona?

Traywick’s Tombstone

Mark Boardman
A 19th-century gathering place revivifies Old Town San Diego.

A Cosmopolitan Rehab

Jana Bommersbach
Clint Eastwood

Now Playing: Hollywood Guns

Phil Spangenberger
Following their Intermountain West trail from Boise, Idaho, to Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Riches for Chinese Miners

Candy Moulton
Riding on the trails of the Baldwin family at Piiholo Ranch.

Maui’s Ranching Icons

Darley Newman

Audrey Kalivoda

Audrey Kalivoda
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Open Range: The Life of Agnes Morley Cleaveland

Linda Wommack

Cowboy’s Lament: A Life on the Open Range

Linda Wommack
Richard D. White Jr. (Texas Tech University Press, $29.95)

Will Rogers: A Political Life

Linda Wommack
Tricia Martineau Wagner (Two Dot Press, $16.95)

Black Cowboys of the Old West

Linda Wommack
Mark Dugan (Northern Illinois University Press, $22.95)

The Brilliant Bandit of the Wabash

Mark Boardman
D.J. Herda (Lyons Press, $18.95)

They Call Me Doc: The Story Behind the Legend of Doc Holliday

Mark Boardman

Mattie: Wyatt Earp’s Secret Second Wife

Mark Boardman
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For Your Reference Shelf

TW Editors
Seven Men

1956’s Seven Men From Now

Josh Becker
Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers’ Birthday Gifts

Henry Cabot Beck
Legends

Legends: John Ford

Henry Cabot Beck

Gunsmoke: The Fourth Season, Vol. 2

Henry Cabot Beck
Clint Walker is still a mighty man, yet his kind nature can betray his vigor.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Clint?

Henry Cabot Beck
Sizing up your boots.

True Fit

G. Daniel DeWeese
Snapshots

Snapshots of Old West History

TW Editors
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The Last Great Buffalo Roundup

Martha Deeringer
Memorable women on the Colorado River.

Cleopatras on the American Nile

John Langellier
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The Real Rooster Cogburn

Brett Cogburn
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The Truth Behind True Grit

Jennifer Boulden
A multi-generation friendship with the Pawnee tribe helps sustain Kearney to this day.

Kearney, Nebraska

Meghan Saar
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True Masterpiece

Paul Andrew Hutton
What does the American West have to do with that?

The Civil War Turns 150

Johnny D. Boggs
Watering Your Horse

How Long To Haul

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Hauling Horse

Ten tips for hauling

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April 2011 Events

TW Editors