Blaine Lamb has long been fascinated by all forms of transportation, but has a soft spot in his heart for railroads. This may be because his great uncle, with whom he grew up, was a railroader—a telegrapher for the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway. A native San Diegan, Lamb spent many an hour at the railroad’s yard office and at the stations along the line.
Following a career in California governme

July 2017
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
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- The Legendary West
- Phoenix Gets a Name
- Charles Stevens
- Never Wasted a Bullet
- Joseph Lee Heywood, a Northfield Hero
- A Lyrical History of the West
- How Often Were Post Offices Robbed on the Frontier?
- Get a Grip, Cowboy
- What History Has Taught Me: Bob Love
- Frontier Reveille
- Johnny Lingo: In the Land of Pronunciation Legend Rules
Departments
- Mollie’s Miracle
- Magic City of the Plains
- Just How Good Were the Good Old Days?
- Western Events For July 2017
- Trapped!
- She’s So Money
- Mark Twain’s Vittles and Viands
- Who Established the First Commercial Brewery in the Early West?
- Was “Wild Bill” Hickok’s Failing Eyesight the Result of a Venereal Disease?
- Were Bounty Hunters as Despised as Most Westerns Depict?
- And the War Begins
- Texas Captains of Cotton and Cattle