It’s a quiet day in Utica. No practical joker has tied tin cans to a dog’s tail and sent that dog running across the street in front of the General Merchandise, spooking one cowboy’s horse and a flock of chickens. From the looks of things, Utica, Montana, is always quiet—even during the “What the Hay” hay bale decorating contest the town holds the first Sunday af

October 2009
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
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- Gary Ernest Smith
- Heading for the Hills
- Famed Forty-Fours Shoot Again
- Following Charlie Russell’s Paintbrush
- River Rock Oasis
- Chinese Food Anyone?
- Preservation: An Artistic Renovation
- The Apache Cupid
- The Boot Seen Round The World
- An Awful Time for Children
- Journey of Hope and Prosperity
- Hauntings in the West
- Slaughter
- Did ID cards exist in the Old West?
- How did Indians break horses, as opposed to the cowboy way?
- Is it true that Wyatt Earp killed only one man in Dodge City, Kansas?
- What is the story behind the folk song “Tom Dooley?”
- I was disappointed to learn Log of a Cowboy was a work of fiction.