Famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow tried to ensure a victory in the 1907 trial of Western Federation of Miners official “Big Bill” Haywood. The defendant was accused of ordering the bombing assassination of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg on December 30, 1905. There was only one witness—the killer, Harry Orchard—against him, so acquittal was practically assured. But it’s belie

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