Ike Black was an outlaw, overshadowed by the man he rode with: Zip Wyatt. The two robbed stores and post offices throughout the Oklahoma and Indian territories between 1893 and 1895. But their main renown was in avoiding the posses that were hot on their trail.
Their wives brought them food and supplies, so Wyatt and Black managed to stay free until they were cornered in a shack about four miles east o

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows