Joe Small followed a hunch. Every time he ran a letter about Old West badmen in his Sporting Magazine, his mailbox would bulge with responses, so he decided to create a new magazine that told the truth about the history of the American frontier.
His first issue hit the newsstands in April 1953. The magazine took a while to catch on with readers, but when it did, it really took off.
All during 2013 we will celebrate our 60 years producing articles and magazines about the period
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