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April 2016

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Another Reason To Love “Buckey” O’Neil

Jana Bommersbach
Mickey Free

Mickey Free S.O.B.

Bob Boze Bell
Marshall Trimble

What is locoweed?

Marshall Trimble
Robert Duvall

The Godfather of Westerns

Henry C. Parke
Sam Bass at Round Rock Robbery

Bank Robbery at Round Rock

Mark Boardman

Traveling the Chisholm Trail

Eric Moreno
Johnny Western

Johnny Western

Johnny Western
Thomas Nast's Santa

What Do the Donkey, the Elephant and Santa Have in Common?

Jana Bommersbach
Alfonso Bedoya

Stinking Badges!

Bob Boze Bell
Tiffany Schofield

Tiffany Schofield

Tiffany Schofield

Leader of Destiny: Sitting Bull

Bill Markley
Crash at Crush

Crash at Crush

Marshall Trimble

A Square Deal for the Women of Arizona

Jana Bommersbach

The Graham Family vs the Tewksbury Family

Mark Boardman

Loser Mountain

Bob Boze Bell

I’ve heard Westerns state “something” is a day’s ride away. How far was a day’s ride in the Old West era?

Marshall Trimble

A Long Shot

Bob Boze Bell
Cherokee Bill

Famous Last Words

Marshall Trimble

Bub Meeks and Butch Cassidy

Mark Boardman

The Brotherhood of Empirical Failure

Allen Barra

Dining on the Iron Horse

Sherry Monahan

Betting the Farm in Arizona Territory

Jana Bommersbach

A Fist Full of Double Trouble

Phil Spangenberger

The True History of Lonesome Dove

Allen Barra
Ash Fork, Arizona

Taming Ash Fork, Arizona

Marshall Trimble

One of the Toughest Lawmen in the West

Mark Boardman

Nebraska’s Homestead Settlement Trail

MontyMcCord

Trail of Horses

Meghan Saar

The Night I Discovered Pluto

Jana Bommersbach
Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec’s Astonishing Arches

The City of Aztec

Gold on the Klondike

Marshall Trimble

Tom Horn’s Gun

Mark Boardman
Wyatt Earp's Dexter Saloon

Wyatt Earp’s Wild Times in Nome

Mark Boardman
Conestoga Wagon

Hitching Your Wagon to a Star

Jana Bommersbach

History of the Gunfighter

Marshall Trimble

Back to the Future with J. Frank Dobie

Stuart Rosebrook

Arizona’s Laddie Godiva

Marshall Trimble

Now That was a Party

Jana Bommersbach
Horan

The Wild West of James D. Horan

Mark Boardman

New Mexico’s Rio Grande

Johnny D. Boggs

Wyatt Earp: The Missing Years

Johnny D. Boggs

Arizona’s Cowboys and Cattle

Melody Groves

The Apache Joan of Arc

Jana Bommersbach
Bean Belly Smith

Bean Belly Egged On

Bob Boze Bell
Horses

Why do people mount horses from the left side?

Marshall Trimble

The Lonesome Dove Trail

Henry C. Parke

The Legend of Red Ghost

Bob Boze Bell

The Old White Lady with Many Stories

Jana Bommersbach

Dance Hall Queens and Broadway Beauties

Tracy Beach

Ben Johnson’s Last Trail Ride

Marshall Trimble
Henry Clay Hooker

Henry Clay Hooker’s Turkeys

Marshall Trimble
Frank Reno

Frank Reno Didn’t Get the Last Laugh

Mark Boardman

Legendary Dishwasher

Bob Boze Bell

Nevada’s Bonanza of History

Sherry Monahan

Little Gertie the Gold Dollar

Marshall Trimble

John Reno’s Biggest Mistake

Mark Boardman
Horses

The True West January 2016 issue published a photo of John Slaughter and several of his cowboys. Which one was his foreman at the San Bernardino Ranch?

Marshall Trimble

Deadlines Missed

Bob Boze Bell
Frances Densmore

Thankfully, She was a Song Catcher

Jana Bommersbach
The Grant Conspiracy

Rocky Mountain Cloak and Dagger

Eric H. Heisner

A Drunken Debacle

Paul R. Wylie
Deadwood Stage

Assault on the Deadwood Stage

Marshall Trimble
Prison that held the Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen

Mark Boardman
– Courtesy Library of Congress –

She Cradled Lincoln’s Head

Chris Enss

Getting Rich Behind a Counter

Bob Boze Bell
Sarah Bowman

The Amazon of the Border

Jana Bommersbach
Horses

Why did the great artist Charlie Russell wear a red sash?

Marshall Trimble

The Camp Grant Massacre

Mark Boardman
Cornish Miners

Cornish Miners in the West

Marshall Trimble
Mattie Silks

The Perfect Name for a Madam

Jana Bommersbach

Happy Jack Morco

Mark Boardman
cowboy

Cowboy Lingo

Bob Boze Bell

Nourishment at the Homestead

Jana Bommersbach

Danger in the Mines

Marshall Trimble
John Baylor

Arizona’s Confederate Governor

Mark Boardman
Russian Bill

Russian Bill Swings at Shakespeare

Bob Boze Bell
Willa Cather

Bringing the American West to Life

Jana Bommersbach
house of the rising sun

House of the Rising Sun – A Blood Red Sun

Stuart Rosebrook
Eva Dugan

Eva Dugan’s Noose

Marshall Trimble
butch cassidy castle true west

Butch Cassidy’s Castle

Mark Boardman
Horses

How come Arizona never extradited Wyatt Earp for the Vendetta Ride killings?

Marshall Trimble