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September 2007

From the Blog

Features

Spanish Mustangs, on the brink of extinction, are slowly making a comeback.

Saving America’s First True Horse

John Christopher Fine
The true exploits of horseman Francis Aubry.

A Race to End All Races

Ron Soodalter
Denton County, Texas, is building a top flight horse industry.

Not Just Horsin’ Around

Mark Boardman
rifepackin

Rifle Packin’ in the Old West

Phil Spangenberger
How the early railroaders fueled steam engines in the Old West.

Jerkwater Towns

Bob Boze Bell

Western Books & Movies

legacyoftetons

Legacy of the Tetons: Homesteading in Jackson Hole

Cynthia Green
seventrailswest

Seven Trails West

Chuck Lewis
cherokeetrail

The Cherokee Trail of Tears

Linda Wommack
flintlock

The Flintlock: Its Origin, Development, and Use

Phil Spangenberger
cowboysandaliens

Cowboys & Aliens

Henry Cabot Beck

Supernatural Snipes

Henry Cabot Beck

Ford at Fox

Henry Cabot Beck
atascocitagold

Atascocita Gold

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
bloodtrail

Blood Trail to Kansas

William Garwood
englishhorses

The English Horses

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
oveofahorse

For the Love of a Horse

William Garwood
legendandlore

Legend and Lore of the Guadalupe Mountains

Chuck Lewis
thedecoy

The Decoy

Henry Cabot Beck
theoutlaw

The Outlaw

Henry Cabot Beck
gene autry

Braver than John Wayne?

Henry Cabot Beck
cowboylife

Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip

Richard H. Dillon
sometimesblues

Sometimes The Blues

Cynthia Green
tascosa

Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times

Richard H. Dillon
Craig Johnson on Walt, Wyoming and the West.

Vote Longmire for Sheriff

Candy Moulton
movies_notlonesome

Not So Lonesome

Allen Barra
ravensprings

Raven Springs

William Garwood
passionprinciple

Passion and Principle

Richard H. Dillon
alexswan

Alex Swan and the Swan Companies

Chuck Lewis
riseofcentennial

The Rise of the Centennial State: Colorado Territory, 1861-76

Linda Wommack
californiabadmen

California Badmen

Richard H. Dillon
secretwarfortexas

The Secret War For Texas

Chuck Lewis
lookofoldwest

The Look of the Old West

Linda Wommack
greathouses

The Great Houses of Chaco

Cynthia Green
westerns

A Fistful of DVDs

Henry Cabot Beck
yearthestarsfell

The Year the Stars Fell

Cynthia Green
courtingtrouble

Courting Trouble

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
vengeancebrand

The Vengeance Brand

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
totamealand

To Tame A Land

William Garwood
waynecentury

WAYNE’S WORLD

Henry Cabot Beck

Gary Cooper MGM Movie Legends Collection

Henry Cabot Beck
whenthewest

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Henry Cabot Beck
deadwoodthird

DEADWOOD: The complete Third Season

Henry Cabot Beck
authorprofile

Writing the Wicked West

Candy Moulton

More In This Issue

classicgunfights

Salt Siege Shoot-out

Bob Boze Bell
preservation

Preservation: James-Younger Gang Returns to Northfield

TW Editors
The Artist Ride in South Dakota can create a world worthy of the next great artist.

Be Like Remington

Bill Markley
From Pueblo, Colorado, to Price, Utah.

Following 19th-Century Ute Trails

Candy Moulton

One victim of the Lincoln County War was Morris Bernstein. Who was he?

I’m reading a book that claims Old West pimps were called Pi’s. Is that pronounced like Pees or Pies?

collectingwest

Audrey Hepburn vs. Billy Bob Thornton

Meghan Saar
oldwestsaviors

Harvey House Hero

Jana Bommersbach
roadtrip

Remembering Mountain Meadows

Johnny D. Boggs
shootingfromhip

“Hoppy’s Favorite” Six-Guns

Phil Spangenberger
trailrider

Wanted: Riders for the Pony

Darley Newman
whatsitlike

Winnemucca, Nevada

TW Editors

Why did Mountain Men prefer riding mules over horses? And how come the Indians never rode mules?

What can you tell me about the Western writer William W. Johnstone?

While traveling through southern New Mexico and Arizona, I saw signs for “The Thing.” What is it?

In some Westerns, characters hang a dead man’s gun and holster on a crudely made cross marking his grave. Did they really do that in the old days?

preservation

Preservation: Saving the Sheriff

TW Editors
classicgunfight

The Battle of Big Dry Wash

Bob Boze Bell
renegaderds

On Oklahoma’s Centennial Trail

Johnny D. Boggs
A new book tries to solve one of the greatest Old West mysteries.

Who Killed Col. Fountain?

Mark Boardman
Will it be forgotten 150 years from now?

Remembering Mountain Meadows

Johnny D. Boggs
One journalist's creation forever taints a gold mining boomtown.

The Bad Man from Bodie

Michael Piatt
music_aint_country

Music That Ain’t Country (Let Alone Western)

Johnny D. Boggs
oldwestsaviors

Fort Stanton’s Angel

Jana Bommersbach
whatsitlike

Virginia City, Montana

Henry Cabot Beck

I can’t locate a copy of Richard O’Connor’s Bat Masterson book, listed in the credits of the TV series starring Gene Barry. Is there another biography I can buy?

My SASS friends and I disagree. I say chinks were not worn by working cowboys in the 1890s. I believe they were show wear for riders during the late 1940s. Can you settle this?

Most Hollywood movies end with the good guys winning and the bad guys in jail or dead. How true is that to the Old West?

True West calls the Tombstone battle the “Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral,” while Earp historian Allen Barra calls it the “Street Fight in Tombstone.” How did people in the 19th century refer to it?

roadtrip

The Beecher’s Island Boys

Johnny D. Boggs
collectingthewest

Rock Island’s Rare Rig

Meghan Saar

In the Old West, did men carrying six-shooters leave one chamber empty as a safety measure?

UPDATES: The Lone Bandit and Shalako