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September 2014

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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

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Signing Off On the Holy Grail

Meghan Saar

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East Texas Treasure

Jana Bommersbach

J.E. Meddaugh photographed these Lakota Sioux ghost dancers on the Pine Ridge Reservation, probably circa 1890. Misinformation about Wovoka’s Ghost Dance movement led to the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890. – Courtesy NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION –

A Deadly Vision

Mark Boardman

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Fighting Blades of the Frontier

Phil Spangenberger

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Top Western Museums of 2014

Johnny D. Boggs

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The Arms of a Woman

Chris Enss

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Scout for Two Continents

Mike Coppock

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Billy the Kid

Mark Lee Gardner

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Brian Lebel

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Who is buried behind the Tunstall store in Lincoln, New Mexico?

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A Shot In The Dark

Bob Boze Bell and Mark Lee Gardner

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Little Robe

Tom Augherton

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Invaders in the Big Horns

John Stanley

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Taking Aim at Gunslingers

C. Courtney Joyner

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Comparing Billy to Billy

Mark Lee Gardner

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Hail, Columbia!

Candy Moulton

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Blazing Saddles—Still Blazin’

C. Courtney Joyner

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The Billy the Kid Photo at a Glance

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Why do some sheriff’s and marshal’s badges have five points or six points?

In a photo of six cowboys, two of them smoke pipes with the bowls turned upside down. Why?

Where were Belle Starr and Jim Reed married, and did Frank and Jesse James attend the wedding?

Daniel Boone might have held court under two “judgment trees,” the first in present-day Matson from 1800 to 1804, and the second, on his son Nathan’s property, after 1804. This site was located in 1987. – All photos by Johnny D. Boggs –

Finding Daniel Boone in a Cornfield

Johnny D. Boggs

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Olive a Good Joke

Sherry Monahan

Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson remained fairly loyal to each other over the years. Considering their self-serving natures, how did that happen?

Where does “Arizona” come from?

To what extent did telegraph companies help open the West?

Rough Drafts 9/14

Stuart Rosebrook

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September 2014 Events

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Gritty Realism Inspires Western Author Michael Zimmer’s Love of the West

Stuart Rosebrook

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The Western Empire of Geography—and Geometry

Jack L. August Jr.

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An Army Doctor’s Frontier Revelations

Edwin R Sweeney

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Rollicking Western Filled with Adventure

W.C. Jameson

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Back-Alley Barbary Coast Murder Mystery

Patrick Millikan

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The Gilded General’s Eternal March West

Stuart Rosebrook

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Billy the Kid

Mark Lee Gardner