Peter Corbett moved West in 1974 to attend Northern Arizona University. He had a 35-year career in Arizona journalism and recently was a “roads scholar,” writing blog posts for the state highway department and his travel blog—OnTheRoadArizona.com.
Five volumes that shaped his love of Western history are:
1) The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky edited by Timothy Flint (Lakeside Pres

True West February 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Women of the Alamo
- Who Was Allowed to Wear Feathered Bonnets and What Did They Signify?
- What History Has Taught Me: Alan Rockman
- What Can You Tell Me About Wild Bunch Associate Laura Bullion?
- Grand Canyon’s Grand Meals
- Western Events for February 2019
- Oregon at 160
- Fire Engulfs Paramount Western Ranch
- Battle of the Plaza
- Hollywood’s Six-gun Fakery
- Were any Arizona Rangers Involved in Gunfights in Mexico?
- A Noose and a Scoop
- The Oatman Party was near Arizona’s Painted Rock Petroglyph Site when they were Massacred in 1851. Could that have been a Factor in the Attack?
- What Were Frontier Dentists Able to Do Medically Besides Pull Teeth and Make Primitive Dentures?