We feel fortunate to have photographs of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Dallas Stoudenmire, but, as far as we know, none of the aforementioned were captured on film while wearing their guns (true, the Dodge City photo of Earp and Masterson may include weapons, but we can’t see them).
Because of this unfortunate paucity when it comes to some of our top lawmen of the frontier West, we’re always amazed when we find images that portray lawmen armed to the teeth and ready for bear. To bring you

November 2012
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
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- On the Trail of Jedediah Smith
- Number One With a Bullet
- The Skeleton Dance
- Momaday’s Billy the Kid Pistola
- Where the West is Still Wild
- On the Trail with Gus and Call
- John Wayne Film Collection
- Dick Baxter
- Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers
- What is the origin of “owl hoot?”
- Why do most buckskin jackets and coats have fringe?
- My great-grandfather apparently was a bartender in Wyatt Earp’s saloon in Nome, Alaska. I haven’t been able to confirm that. What happened to Earp’s papers, especially those related to his Gold Rush days?
- Were Old West banks insured against loss by robbers?
- Why did Gunsmoke’s Marshal Matt Dillon always wear his badge underneath his vest?
- Heartwarming Gunslingers?
- Deliverance from the Little Big Horn
- The McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona
- Rancho Deluxe
- Jerry Crandall
- Wild Bill Says “Muzzle Up”
- Dreamin’ of Being a Cowboy
- Thanksgiving on the Frontier
- The West Out East
- 10 for 10: Dodge City, KS
- Good for Nothing
- Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
- Maverick: The Complete First Season
- Preece’s Bad Guy Westsern
- November 2012 Events
- Who was Indian fighter Clay Beauford?
- Ho! For the Black Hills
- Armed & Courageous