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October 2009

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Western Books & Movies

A conversation with Lonesome Dove director Simon Wincer.

“Everyone Stayed Home to Watch Gus Die”

Henry Cabot Beck

More In This Issue

Gary Ernest Smith

Gary Ernest Smith
Exploring a secret garden of trails in Texas Hill Country.

Heading for the Hills

Darley Newman
Colt reintroduces its 19th-century “Frontier Six Shooter.”

Famed Forty-Fours Shoot Again

Phil Spangenberger
From Lewistown, Montana, to Great Falls, Montana.

Following Charlie Russell’s Paintbrush

Johnny D. Boggs

River Rock Oasis

Candy Moulton
Cuisine finds an audience after anti-Chinese furor dies down.

Chinese Food Anyone?

Sherry Monahan

Preservation: An Artistic Renovation

Mark Boardman
Anthony Belvado’s loving hands keep alive an ancient courtship ritual.

The Apache Cupid

Jana Bommersbach
Rodeo and movie stars set the earliest standards for fancy cowboy boots.

The Boot Seen Round The World

G. Daniel DeWeese
“Fear on the Frontier” series: Childhood death from typhoid fever.

An Awful Time for Children

Dr. Jim Kornberg
Mian Situ’s record-breaking paintings transform our understanding of Chinese emigrants in America.

Journey of Hope and Prosperity

Meghan Saar
My first encounter with a ghost.  

Hauntings in the West

Johnny D. Boggs
Texas John Slaughter vs The Jack Taylor Gang

Slaughter

Bob Boze Bell
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Did ID cards exist in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble
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How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way?

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Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas?

Marshall Trimble
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What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?”

Marshall Trimble
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I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction.

Marshall Trimble