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May 2015

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buck-taylor-blog

Buck Taylor: King of the Cowboys

Marshall Trimble
nellie_bly_journalist-blog

Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist

Jana Bommersbach
major-dundee-blog

The Legend of Sam and Major Dundee

Stuart Rosebrook
bill-mcdonald-blog

“One Riot, One Ranger”

Mark Boardman
El-Paso_TX-Concordia-Cemetery_notorius-gunman-John-Wesley-Hardin

Hell Paso

John Stanley
hygiene in the old west frontier-life-blog

Hygiene in the Old West

Marshall Trimble
dan-tipton-blog

Dan Tipton’s Grave

Mark Boardman
wash-day-on-the-frontier-blog

The Most Detested Day on the Frontier

Jana Bommersbach
nationalhistory_togus_480x330-blog

When Johnny Came Marching Home Again

Stuart Rosebrook
hangingwindmill-blog

Hanging Windmill

Mark Boardman
arbuckles-coffee-blog

Arbuckle’s Coffee

Marshall Trimble
pow-wow-dance-at-sheridan-inn-174491pr-blog

Dancing at the Sheridan Inn

Stuart Rosebrook
luisa_ronstadt_espinel-blog

The First Ronstadt Superstar

Jana Bommersbach
birth-of-an-outlaw-billy-the-kid

The Birth of an Outlaw

Frederick Nolan
spring-flooding-at-roosevelt-dam-1915-loc-3c06345r-blog

The Real Bonanza: Water in the Desert

Stuart Rosebrook
bat-masterson-blog

Bat Masterson Meets his Maker

Mark Boardman
grant-wheeler-train-robber-blog

Flying Pesos

Marshall Trimble
victor-hall-blog

Victor Hall

Mark Boardman
long-branch-saloon-in-1874-blog

Gunfighters Didn’t Always Shoot Straight

Marshall Trimble
red-man-chew-blog

Play Ball! Indian Chief Trading Cards

Stuart Rosebrook
mothers_day_ideas-blog

Mother’s Day Revisited

Jana Bommersbach
single-action-bisley-blog

Pancho Villa’s Guns

Cameron Douglas
north-bend-robbery-blog

The North Bend Robbery

Mark Boardman
Erwin-E-Smith-Old-West-Texas-photographer

Erwin E. Smith

Tom Augherton
powers-war-poster-blog

Power’s War: New Film Investigates Arizona’s Deadliest Gunfight

Stuart Rosebrook
sundance-kid-1-blog

The Sundance Kid

Marshall Trimble
showlow-blog

Show Low vs a Straight Flush

Bob Boze Bell
max-portrait-blog

New Mexico to Honor Author Max Evans

Stuart Rosebrook
long-branch-saloon-in-1874-blog

Gunfighter Marksmanship

Marshall Trimble
sacagawea-blog

What a Teenager

Jana Bommersbach
judge-isaac-parker-blog

Hanging Judge Isaac Parker

Mark Boardman
Classic-Gunfights_McCarty-Gang_W-Ray-Simpson

Dust-Up in Delta

Bob Boze Bell
jack-swilling-blog

Jack Swilling

Mark Boardman
cheyenne-club-blog

Opulence, Your Name is Cheyenne

Jana Bommersbach
confederate-general-kirby-smith-loc-06080r-blog

The War’s not Over ’Til It’s Over

Stuart Rosebrook
shakespeare-new-mexico-blog

Russian Bill

Marshall Trimble
james_coburn_the_californians_1959-blog

Western Star James Coburn Posthumous Honors

Stuart Rosebrook
bill-carver-blog

Bill Carver and the Skunk

Marshall Trimble
Texas-Rising_Brendan-Fraser_Bill-Paxton

Texas Rangers Epic Event

C. Courtney Joyner
homesteading-blog

Oh, The Homestead

Jana Bommersbach
john-escapule-blog

John Escapule

Mark Boardman
terresita-blog

She Rests in Arizona

Jana Bommersbach
hiram-whitley-blog

King of the Counterfeiters

Mark Boardman
sultana-library-of-congress-blog

America’s Titanic Tragedy on the Mississippi River

Stuart Rosebrook
andy-blevins-cooper-blog

Andy Cooper

Marshall Trimble
Arikara-scout-Bloody-Knife

Saddle Rifle Extraordinaire

Phil Spangenberger
1000-white-women-blog

What an Idea

Jana Bommersbach
matt-warner-blog

Matt Warner’s Speakeasy

Mark Boardman
the-poachers-daughter-blog

True West Contributor Honored with Western Heritage Award

Stuart Rosebrook
tombstone-allen-street-blog

John “Pie” Allen

Marshall Trimble
pioneer-woman-blog

Pioneer Women

Marshall Trimble
az-outlaws-and-lawmen-blog

No Spin: Real West, Real History from True West’s Marshall Trimble

Stuart Rosebrook
William-Eddy-and-Mary-Ann-Graves-by-Illustrator-Andy-Thomas

Snowshoeing with the Donner Party

Terry A. Del Bene
Buffalo-Bills-Dagger

Buffalo Bill’s Disputed Dagger

Meghan Saar
Shoshone-Falls-and-Snake-River-Canyon

Idaho Celebrates 125 Years of Statehood

Candy Moulton
Boomer-leader-David-Payne-camp-on-Stillwater-CreekBoomer-leader-David-Payne-camp-on-Stillwater-Creek

A Boomer Sooner Goes South

Mark Boardman
Billy the Kid

Billy Bonney’s Bad Bucks

Steve Sederwall
Billy the Kid

Billy the Irish

Chuck Usmar
Billy the Kid

“Hello, Bob.”

Cameron Douglas
Billy the Kid

Seeking the Creation of the Kid’s Death Record

Robert J. Stahl
Billy the Kid

Is This a Photograph of Billy Playing Croquet?

Bob Boze Bell

How Did Henry Get His Alias?

Mark Lee Gardner

How Did the Kid Get the Gun?

Frederick Nolan

A Smatter of Smearcase

Sherry Monahan
Joe-Sughrue-stands-next-to-the-Cowboy-Statue

Cement Cowboy Nearly Dies

Jana Bommersbach
George-Maledon-Prince-of-Hangmen

The Prince of Hangmen?

Marie Bartlett
john waynes brother

Did naturally burning coal mines exist in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble
john waynes brother

What’s the story behind Wild Bill Hickok’s gunfight with a couple of soldiers in Hays City, Kansas?

Marshall Trimble
john waynes brother

What kind of restaurants existed in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble
Crooks-men-on-the-field-along-Whitewood-Creek_Dakota-Territory

A Campaign from Hell

Mike Coppock
/Frontiersmen-and-their-weapons

Armed to Survive

Richard C. Rattenbury
john waynes brother

After the Homestead Act, how did early settlers stake out their land?

Marshall Trimble
Buffalo-Bill-and-the-Indians-by-Robert-Altman

Buffalo Bill And The Indians

C. Courtney Joyner
Historian-M-John-Lubetkin

On The Trail Of Custer

John Lubetkin
Durnago-Blues-Train

May 2015 Events

Darren Jensen
Charley-Sundays-Texas-Outfit-by-Stephan-Lodge

Two-Fisted Texas Ranger Action

McKendree R. Long
Dan-Piraro-Cartoonist

Dan Piraro

Dan Piraro
Alexis-in-America--A-Russian-Grand-Dukes-Tour_1871-1872_by-Lee-A.-Farrow

A Russian Duke Out West

John Langellier
john waynes brother

Were there brothel inspectors in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble
Owen-Wister-and-the-West_by-Gary-Scharnhorst-cover

Wister’s Trails West

Miles Swarthout
SF_buffalo-bill-Irma-hotel_cody,-wyoming

Get a Room! Historic Western Hotels and Saloons Recall the Golden Era of the West

Stuart Rosebrook
Saloons,-Prostitutes-and-Temperance-in-Alaska-Territory-by-Catherine-Holder-Spud

Wild Times on the Alaska Frontier

Chris Enss
The-Long-High-Noon-by-Loern-D-Estleman_cover

The End of the West

Stuart Rosebrook
Billy-the-Kid_Still-Riding-High_-by-Bob-Boze-Bell

“What if everything we know about Billy the Kid is wrong?”

Frederick Nolan
red-lopez

Raphael “Red” Lopez

Mark Boardman
jerome-az-blog

That Would be Mrs. Jerome, Thank You

Jana Bommersbach

Rough Drafts 5/15

Stuart Rosebrook