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True West January 2019

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Features

Best of the West 2019: Western Movies

Henry C. Parke

The Best of the Texas Rangers in Fiction

Allen Barra

Best of the West 2019: Western Wear

Stuart Rosebrook

The Best of the Texas Rangers in Photos

Bob Alexander

Best of the West 2019: Firearms

Stuart Rosebrook

A Long and Twisted Trail

Bob Boze Bell

Best of the West 2019: Western Books

Stuart Rosebrook

The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name

Henry C. Parke

Best of the West 2019: Heritage Travel

Stuart Rosebrook

Best of the West 2019: Art and Collectibles

Stuart Rosebrook

Departments

What History Has Taught Me: John Farkis

John Farkis
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Were any Handwriting Comparisons made Between the Notes and Known Samples of Horn’s Handwriting?

Marshall Trimble

Overkill!

Bob Boze Bell
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Did US Cavalry Soldiers Wear Yellow Kerchiefs, as Depicted in the movies?

Marshall Trimble

Hit by a Volcano

Josh Sides
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What was Drug Use Like in the Old West?

Marshall Trimble
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What Books on Frontier Horses Would You Recommend?

Marshall Trimble

Reel or Real Frontier Fare

Sherry Monahan

Western Events for January 2019

Rhiannon Deremo
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What Can You Tell Me About Living with Consumption in the Old West Era?

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Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?

Marshall Trimble

Who Assassinated Pat Garrett?

Marshall Trimble

Lost and Found in American History

Jana Bommersbach

Was the Notorious Bad Guy Davy Crockett the Grandson of Davy Crockett?

Marshall Trimble

The Death of the Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James

Mark Boardman