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To The Point

The Tom Jonas Map Quest

Bob Boze Bell

From The Blog

Sherman McMaster: Good Guy or Bad?

October 26, 2021

Sherm McMaster was one of the more interesting characters in the Cochise County War. He was born in Rock Island, […]

James Ohio Pattie

October 25, 2021

The first American trappers to enter Arizona, according to the best records, arrived in 1826. The party listed among its […]

This is how They did it in Texas

October 22, 2021

The Reds, the Blues and some questionable votes. In 1873, Texas Democratic Party boss Stephen Powers formed the Blue Club, […]

Features

Open for Business

Stuart Rosebrook

On the Santa Fe Trail: 1821-2021

Johnny D. Boggs

The Santa Fe Trail Beckoned the Mosty Brothers

Kenyon Bennett

Red Badge of Courage

Stuart Rosebrook

The Curious Saga of the Outlaw Burt Alvord

Marshall Trimble

Top 12 Guns that Tamed the Wild West

Phil Spangenberger

Departments

Following Phil Coe’s Trail to Death

Johnny D. Boggs

Pinedale, Wyoming

Leo W. Banks

Western Roundup: May 2021

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Fighting Earps, Rattlesnakes and the Birds and the Bees

Marshall Trimble

What History Has Taught Me: Janice Dunnahoo, Archivist

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The Man with No Nose

Bob Boze Bell

Shooting Back

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Western Books & Movies

Great News

Henry C. Parke

Home on the Range

Stuart Rosebrook

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Who is Rose of Cimarron?

Robert G. McCubbin

Truth Be Known

TW Editors

Armed and Courageous

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