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Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child?

Marshall Trimble
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Where is Morgan Earp’s wife, Louisa, buried?

Marshall Trimble
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True West Book of the Month

Henry Cabot Beck
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The Assassination of Governor Boggs

William Garwood
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The Doctor’s Lady

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
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Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten

Richard H. Dillon
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Violent Encounters

John Melvin
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Quantrill at Lawrence: The Untold Story

Linda Wommack
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On the Trail of the Dalton Gang

Johnny D. Boggs
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The Modern Tom Wilsons

Darley Newman
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Gretchen Wilson

Stuart Rosebrook
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The Tombstone that Might Have Been

Henry Cabot Beck
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Judgment of Paris

Meghan Saar
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Six-Guns Blaze in Smokewood, Nevada

Phil Spangenberger
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Buckin’ for Buck

Johnny D. Boggs
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Berries, and I Don’t Mean Whistle

Sherry Monahan
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What’s It Like to Live There—Topeka, Kansas

Meghan Saar
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Did Doc Holliday Start the Fight?

Bob Boze Bell
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Artists We Love

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Wall Drug of South Dakota

Bill Markley
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Wall Drug of South Dakota

Bill Markley
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Artistas & Fashionistas

G. Daniel DeWeese

How common were common-law marriages in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble

The Historic Arkansas Museum has a Bowie knife that’s marked Number 1. Is it the original?

Marshall Trimble

Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble
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Stan Lynde

Stan Lynde
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Sioux Success, Against All Odds

Dr. Jim Kornberg
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Tributes to Kevin Jarre (1954-2011)

Allen Barra
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October 2011 Events

TW Editors
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A Grave Matter

Mark Boardman
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1956’s The Last Frontier

Josh Becker

Lone Ranger in Limbo

Henry Cabot Beck

Harrison Ford as Wyatt Earp

Henry Cabot Beck
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John Ford’s Stamp

Henry Cabot Beck
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Roy Rogers Turns 100

Henry Cabot Beck
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Deadwood Strikes Gold with Mining Relic

Jana Bommersbach