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January/February 2007

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Features

And the list doesn't include the California Gold Rush.

Ten Events that Shaped the West

davy crockett

Fiddling with History

William Groneman III
No moderation or regulation could be found in the east Texas war.

The Bloodiest Feud

Mark Boardman

Cowboys & Indians

Meghan Saar
Cowboy Scotty Philip set the stage for the 100-year-old bullfight.

Corrida de Toros

Bill Markley and Pat Nipper
Experts on Billy the Kid, Wild Bill and others are on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

What the Brits are Doing for the West

Frederick Nolan

Western Books & Movies

Radical

A Half-Breed Son-of-a-Basque

Candy Moulton
tales-fromjourney

Tales From the Journey of the Dead

Chuck Lewis
discovering-natural

Discovering Natural Horsemanship

Linda Wommack
beyond-missouri

Beyond the Missouri

Richard H. Dillon
ohgiveme-ahome

Oh, Give me a Home

Cynthia Green
bullby-thetale

Bull by the Tale

William Garwood
noahs-ride

Noah’s Ride

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
dream-wheels

Dream Wheels

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
saint-patricks

Saint Patrick’s Battalion

William Garwood
westernfilmnoir

Western Film Noir Vol. 1

Henry Cabot Beck
texas-womencattle

Texas Women on the Cattle Trails

Cynthia Green
nobodys-horses

Nobody’s Horses

Linda Wommack
authorprofile

Digging Up Massacres

Candy Moulton
brokentrail

Broken Trail

Henry Cabot Beck
singingcowboys

Singing Cowboys

Chuck Lewis
mexicangold-trail

Mexican Gold Trail

Richard H. Dillon
clarkgablecollect

The Clark Gable Collection: The Tall Men

Henry Cabot Beck
shootingfromhip

Guns of Vengance Trail

Phil Spangenberger

More In This Issue

His favorite spots and a new place to pay tribute to him.

Zane Grey’s Arizona

Johnny D. Boggs
Experts recommend their favorite Western events.

Party Like a Cowboy

TW Editors
Modern-day excursions from drinking trains to gourmet meals on wheels.

Don’t Miss the Party Train

Jana Bommersbach
renegaderds

Zebulon Pike’s Wandering Explorations

Candy Moulton
The Alamo is a beaut, but what about the

On a Mission in San Antone

Johnny D. Boggs
Before you're pushing up daisies.

Top 10 Western Meals to Eat

Johnny D. Boggs
collectingthewest

Range Story Tops Rare Book Sale

Meghan Saar
roadtrip

On a Mission in San Antone

Johnny D. Boggs
preservation

Preservation: Indian Days of ’76 Rodeo

TW Editors
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Top 10 True Western Towns of 2007

TW Editors
whatsitlike

Austin, Texas

TW Editors
07sb_bow_600

True West’s Best of the West 2007 Winners

twadmin
westerns

Screamin’ Sheb

Henry Cabot Beck

What was the largest outlaw gang—in terms of numbers of members—in the Old West? Butch & Sundance were hardly a gang, numbering a handful at most.

Badges are traditionally placed on the left side of the chest, covering the heart. Why does a drawing of Marshal Henry Brown show a badge displayed on the right side in the September 2006 issue?

In Custer, South Dakota, a downtown building sign states that it is the site of a saloon where Flyspeck Billy murdered Abe Barnes in February 1881. Can you tell me anything more about this?

I’ve read that a cowboy worked “for forty (40) and found.”

I read that an Arizona outlaw beat a check kiting charge by eating the evidence during the trial. True or false?

In the Old West, did city marshals and county sheriffs have what we now call a police blotter?