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June 2015

60+ Years of True West Magazine

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a-cowboys-lament-blog

The Cowboys Lament: The Kansas Origin of a Western Classic

Stuart Rosebrook

abilene1875-blog

Lawman Tom Carson

Mark Boardman

bat-masterson-blog

Bat Masterson

Marshall Trimble

John-Steinbecks-Trail

Steinbeck’s Trail

Johnny D. Boggs

temple-houston-blog

Temple Houston

Mark Boardman

stagecoach-butterfield-overland-blog

Stagecoach Stations

Marshall Trimble

the-spirit-is-willing-blog

Where Magic Meets the West: The Para-Western

Stuart Rosebrook

wheeler-rifle-blog

Henry Wheeler’s Rifle

Mark Boardman

trinidad_escalante_swilling_schumaker_1920s-blog

The “First Lady” of Phoenix

Jana Bommersbach

LARGE_Sam-Peckinpah-with-his-Garrett-and-Billy_James-Coburn-Garett-_Kris-Kristofferson-Billy

The Faults Do Not Matter

Paul Seydor

lola-montezl-blog

Lola Montez

Marshall Trimble

flyover-people-blog

Flyover No More: The Heart of the West is in Emporia, Kansas

Stuart Rosebrook

monuments-to-custer-and-his-men-blog

Battle of The Little Bighorn Reenactment

Stuart Rosebrook

earp-blog

Wyatt Earp in Ellsworth

Mark Boardman

buffalo-soldier-blog

The Female Buffalo Soldier

Jana Bommersbach

stagecoach-blog

Stagecoach Travel

Marshall Trimble

Kill-on-McSween-illustrated-by-Bob-Boze-Bell

Billy’s Backyard Breakout Billy the Kid vs Peppin’s Posse

Bob Boze Bell

hamer-blog

Frank Hamer

Mark Boardman

judge-roy-bean-blog

Kill the Steer to Prove the Point

Jana Bommersbach

nate-champion-blog

Nate Champion

Marshall Trimble

the-searchers-screenshot-blog

The Searchers: Seeking Cinema History in Monument Valley

Stuart Rosebrook

peabody-blog

Endicott Peabody

Mark Boardman

bleeding-kansas-goose-question-blog

The “Goose Question”

Jana Bommersbach

Grass-Vallley_California_historical-photos

There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills

John Stanley

hard-rock-miners-blog

Jerome Fire

Marshall Trimble

dead-pancho-villa-falling-out-of-car-june8-blog

The Lie of Villa’s Last Words

Cameron Douglas

give-your-heart-to-the-hawks-blog

Summer Reading: Give Your Heart to a Classic

Stuart Rosebrook

folliard-blog

A Hard End

Mark Boardman

lone star texas rising

Texas Rising, the Alamo, Davey Crockett and John Wayne

Stuart Rosebrook

nellie-cashman-blog

Nellie Cashman

Marshall Trimble

cheerwine-vinegar-pie-blog

Vinegar Pie

Jana Bommersbach

Horace Greely-Go-west-young-man

Go West, Young Man?

Mark Boardman

marty-stuart-and-fabulous-superlatives-copyright-stuart-rosebrook-blog

Country Star Marty Stuart Honors the Duke and the Lakota

Stuart Rosebrook

pink-higgins-blog

Pink Higgins

Marshall Trimble

lips-that-touch-liquor-blog

Dry Kansas!

Jana Bommersbach

butch-blog

Butch Cassidy Wants Out

Mark Boardman

john-wayne-birthplace-museum-ribbon-cutting-copyright-stuart-rosebrook-blog

A Homecoming for the Duke in Winterset, Iowa

Stuart Rosebrook

kit-carson-blog

Kit Carson: History and the Myth

Marshall Trimble

Sundance-and-the-Wild-Bunch-Hit-the-Union-Pacific-oil-by-Andy-Thomas

Wild Wilcox Robbery

Meghan Saar

soddie-blog

Bricks of Earth

Jana Bommersbach

bitter-creek-charlie-pierce-blog

Bitter Creek Newcomb and Charley Pierce

Mark Boardman

hopkins-blog

Charles Hopkins’ Rampage

Mark Boardman

pima-women-gathrering-saguaro-fruit-by-edward-curtis-loc-3c01252r-blog

Legends & Lies, Icons, Billy the Kid and Saguaros

Stuart Rosebrook

winged-victory-by-russell-houston-blog

Winged Victory

Marshall Trimble

ann-eliza-young-blog

Doing the “Unthinkable”

Jana Bommersbach

Philippe-Regis-de-Trobriand-has-pulled-the-troopers-back.

Combating a Prairie Fire

Terry A. Del Bene

detail-of-civil-war-soldier-monument-section-70a.-view-to-north-blog

Memorial Day in the City of Angels

Stuart Rosebrook

wyoming-territorial-prison-blog

Life in the Wyoming Territorial Prison

Marshall Trimble

simpson-blog

Ray Simpson and the McCarty Gang

Mark Boardman

hooper-springs-national-archives-17-0138a-blog

Cold Beer? Whiskey? How about a Hooper Spring Soda Water!

Stuart Rosebrook

burt-alvord-blog

They Went Thataway

Marshall Trimble

Shoshone-warrior-Leaping-Panther,tack-decorated-pipe-tomahawk

An Axe of War

Phil Spangenberger

Kenny-Rogers_The-Gambler-movie-poster

Inside Straight

C. Courtney Joyner

Homemade-Horseradish-Kills-horses

The Bitter Truth

Sherry Monahan

Gary-Martinson-loves-buffalo

The Biggest Buffalo Buff

Jana Bommersbach

The Outlaw Trail

Mark Boardman

Canada-Bill_Soapy-Smith

The Greatest of Confidence Men

Daniel R. Seligman

Owehee-War_Hill-Beachy_Silver-City-Mine

War Under the Mountain

Robert L. Deen

I know British soldiers wore pith helmets in Africa and India, but why did Mexican Revolution Gen. Pancho Villa wear one?

Marshall Trimble

In the 1980 movie Tom Horn, starring Steve McQueen, Horn has a run-in with heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan. Did that truly happen?

Marshall Trimble

How many horses have been injured during filming of Hollywood Westerns?

Marshall Trimble

Was the Apache Kid never caught?

Marshall Trimble

Bill-Brooks-Western-Author-book-review

Author Bill Brooks Shares His Love of Great Westerns

Bill Brooks

White Comanche

C. Courtney Joyner

Rough Drafts 6/15

Stuart Rosebrook

What is the legend of El Tiradito?

Marshall Trimble

Esther-Ross-Portrait_USS-Arizona

Esther Ross

Tom Augherton

Skullduggery-Secrets-and-Murders-by-Bill-Neal

Old West CSI

Patrick Millikin

Joe-the-Slave-who-became-an-Alamo-legend-by-Ron-Jackson_Lee-Spencer-White_Phil-Collins

An Alamo Legend for All Generations

Captain Paul J. Matthews

The-Creation-of-the-Cowboy-hero-by-Jeremy-Agnew

On the Trail of the American Buckaroo

C. Courtney Joyner

Motoring-West-by-Peter-Blodgett

Early Kicks Motoring West

Jim Hinckley and Photography by Kerrick James

True-West-Western-Roundup-Events-June-2015

June 2015 Events

Darren Jensen

Win-and-Meredith-Blevins

Win Blevins

Win Blevins

Did Clay Allison get in a gunfight with Deputy Sheriff Charles Faber?

Marshall Trimble

The-Gray-Fox-by-Paul-Magi

Crook’s Western Destiny

Stuart Rosebrook