Wyatt Earp, who has become controversial since his fictionalization by television, did serve in both Dodge City and Tombstone as a legally appointed deputy marshal. True West presents the proof with these findings of a revealing probe into government records and the words of a man who knew Earp personally.
The question of whether Wyatt Earp was a bona fide U.S. marshal or an imposter has been asked many times and still is being asked by readers of True West and Frontier Times.
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True West February/March 2021
In This Issue:
Features
- Bass Reeves: The Invincible Lawman
- Classic Gunfights: A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
- Was Wyatt Earp Really a Deputy U.S. Marshal?
- Man with a Badge
- Bass Reeves and Hollywood
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2021
- Once And For All, Is The Lone Ranger Based on Bass Reeves?
- Wheels to Fortune
- Truth Be Known
- Opening Shot – A Mammoth Moment
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Boring History? Not the Way We Tell It
- Cowboy Guns for Self Defense?
- Classic Gunfights: A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
- Forgotten Hero of Denali
- Ask the Marshall – Bat Masterson: Armed and Dangerous
- Western Roundup: Feb/March 2021
- The Thrifty Frontier Kitchen
- William Henry Jackson’s West
- What History Has Taught Me: L. J. Martin
- Lincoln: Prepare Ye the Way for the Horde
- Shooting Back