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March 2011

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Features

How Davy Crockett invented Folk music.  

No Davy? No Dylan

Bart Bull
How—and why—a young man brings a legendary Alamo figure to life, 175 years after the battle.  

Alamo’s New Defender

Mark Boardman
The Alamo at 175.

Honor in Sacrifice

Paul Andrew Hutton

Western Books & Movies

Quanah Parker Looks Promising

Henry Cabot Beck

Hart Ranch Reopens

Henry Cabot Beck

Mangold’s Texas Ranger

Henry Cabot Beck
(Paramount Home Video; $24.99)

True Grit

Henry Cabot Beck
And God heals him ... an interview with The Wild Wild West secret agent. 

Robert Conrad Dares Ya

Henry Cabot Beck
Guidebooks to Tombstone

Guidebooks to Tombstone

TW Editors
(Univ. of New Mexico Press, $21.95)

Sweetgrass Mornings

TW Editors
(Pinnacle Western, $6.99)

Law of the Gun

TW Editors
(University of Texas Press, $19.95)

Best of the West 2010: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri

TW Editors
(LaFrontera Publishing, $23.95)

Roundup!

TW Editors
Lawrence Culver (Oxford Univ. Press, $29.95)

The Frontier of Leisure

TW Editors
Paul Schullery (Univ. of New Mexico Press, $24.95)

Old Yellowstone Days

TW Editors
Ron Franscell (Globe Pequot Press, $16.95)

The Crime Buff’s Guide to Outlaw Texas

TW Editors
W.C. Jameson (High Plains Press, $15)

Lost Mines & Buried Treasures of Old Wyoming

TW Editors

More In This Issue

How did John Clum’s first wife die?

Marshall Trimble

Was the large-loop lever rifle featured in John Wayne Westerns ever used in real life?

Marshall Trimble

What is the origin of “pistol?”

Marshall Trimble

Were Gatling guns ever used during the Indian Wars?

Marshall Trimble

What kind of gun did Pat Garrett use to kill Billy the Kid?

Marshall Trimble

Wasn’t there a TV program about Elfego Baca?

Marshall Trimble

Where did the term “shoot from the hip” come from?

Marshall Trimble

David Zucker

David Zucker
“Once the wide open spaces get into your blood, you’re hooked.”

Amarillo, Texas

Paige Blatnik
Re-enacting Earp’s Vendetta Ride and other great historical events.

Making History on Horseback

Darley Newman
Blackpowder cartridges by Ten-X Ammunition should keep shootists blazing away.

Cutting Through the Smoke

Phil Spangenberger
Mar11 Renegade Rds

150 Places to Celebrate Kansas’s 150th Birthday

Johnny D. Boggs
How this documentary inspired this man to share the Pony's story.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Pony Express?

Jana Bommersbach
davy crockett vs. Santa Anna's Army

How Did Davy Really Die?

Bob Boze Bell
The Steampunk movement goes west.  

Full Steam Ahead

Michelle Black
The mystery over empty cemeteries in Oregon.

Where the Bodies Are Buried

Mark Boardman
Plus, light some brandy on fire and serve up an 1894 coffee recipe.

Coffee with Lizards?

Sherry Monahan
What often poisoned thirsty desert travelers at Old West water holes? 

A Deadly Oasis

Dr. Jim Kornberg

Cowboys & Steampunkers

G. Daniel DeWeese
A historical photograph at Cowan’s Auctions stirs up a mystery.

Will the Real John Clum Please Stand Up?

Meghan Saar
A historical photograph at Cowan’s Auctions stirs up a mystery.

Will the Real John Clum Please Stand Up?

Meghan Saar
Driving cattle for the Burnt Well Guest Ranch in Roswell, New Mexico.

Who Needs a Chiropractor?

Johnny D. Boggs