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November/December 2007

From the Blog

The Apache Kid Escapes
Two lawmen die in the incident. November 2, 1889. Two lawmen are transferring nine prisoners–including the Apache Kid (photo)–from Globe,… Read more: The Apache Kid Escapes
A Brother’s Vengeance
Will McLaury joins the OK Corral prosecution. November 4, 1881. Texas lawyer Will McLaury–the brother of Tom and Frank McLaury–is… Read more: A Brother’s Vengeance
The Jailing of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
A big moment in the OK Corral hearing. November 7, 1881–day eight of the OK Corral hearing. Judge Wells Spicer… Read more: The Jailing of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday

Features

Photographs captured on his odyssey are the heart of a new Autry exhibit.

Charles Lummis’s Coast to Coast Journey

Jason Strykowski

The outlaw buys it during a visit to the store.

Will Carver Checks Out

Mark Boardman

Western Books & Movies

sanjacinto

Journey to San Jacinto

Fran Strykowski

billythekid

Billy the Kid

Fran Strykowski

greatnorthernmn

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Henry Cabot Beck

cowgirlkate

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa

Angela Guidi

fordatfox

Ford at Fox at Last

Henry Cabot Beck

Searchers 2.0

Henry Cabot Beck

A Hex Upon You

Henry Cabot Beck

firstfilmssamuel

The First Films of Samuel Fuller

Henry Cabot Beck

westerns

The Curse of Idolatry

Henry Cabot Beck

letters

Letters From the Corrugated Castle

Rae Schindler

philfrankcover

What They Got Right

Bob Boze Bell

coyotewhoswallowed

There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea

Serina Culleton

thunderrose

Thunder Rose

Lee Culver

frogbringsrain

Frog Brings Rain

Serina Culleton

wildwest

The Wild West Pop-Up Book

Fran Strykowski

paintthewind

Paint the Wind

Susan Sperry

risingfawn

Rising Fawn and the Fire Mystery

Lee Culver

cowboyscoffins

Cowboys and Coffin Makers

Susan Sperry

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Henry Cabot Beck

cavecreekkid

The Cave Creek Kid

Angela Guidi

More In This Issue

Wood Hite vs. Dick Liddil

Little by Liddil (Jesse Goes Down)

Bob Boze Bell

trailride

Dude Ranching at an Outlaw Haunt

Darley Newman

boggsunleashed

Can’t Kick the Boot Addiction

Johnny D. Boggs

whatsitlike

Grass Valley, California

TW Editors

enegaderds

(Not Really) Roughing It on the Mark Twain Trail

Johnny D. Boggs

preservation

Preservation: Remember the Alamo!

Mark Boardman

jimmu-palmiotti_cowriter_jonah-hex_dc_comics_painkiller-jane

Jimmy Palmiotti

Jimmy Palmiotti

Cowan's Indian art auction included an impressive archive collected by Natalie Curtis.

A Song of Praise for a Forgotten Folklore Collector

Meghan Saar

john wayne true grit

John Wayne’s Silver Screen Shootin’ Irons

Phil Spangenberger

Remembering our beloved cartoonist, Phil Frank (1943-2007).

Frank History

twadmin

saviors

Massacre Site Open to the Public

Jana Bommersbach

Did Old West houses have outhouses, and were public facilities available?

What do you know about Pete Spence, a member of the “Cowboys” of Tombstone?

Most modern retailers of Old West period clothing seem to sell only “banded” collared shirts, yet old photographs show cowboys did wear shirts with collars. When did cowboys begin wearing these shirts?

In the Frederic Remington illustration of The Sentinel, is the mission San Xavier del Bac? Behind the mission, aren’t those the Santa Catalina Mountains?

In the Clint Eastwood movie Hang ’em High, a “tumbleweed wagon” picks up prisoners to haul them off to jail. Did such wagons actually exist?

Why were some shotguns called “Greeners” by cowboys in the Old West?

Were Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane married, and did they have a daughter?

Texas History Movies taught history the old-fashioned way.

Back to the Future

Mark Boardman

Western history...with balloons.

True Comics

Paul Andrew Hutton