In office for only one day, acting Ellis County Sheriff James “Wild Bill” Hickok is making his rounds in the Kansas cowtown during the height of cattle season, with a town full of Texas cowboys looking to let off steam.
Rou

True West January 2018
In This Issue:
Features
- Classic Gunfights: Don’t Look Back
- True West Best of the West Heritage Travel
- The 65 Most Important Historical Photos From the McCubbin Collection
- True West Best of the West 2018 Western Wear
- True West Best of the West 2018 Western Movies
- True West Best of the West 2018 Firearms
- True West Best of the West 2018 Western Books
- True West Best of the West 2018 Art and Collectibles
- True West’s Best of the West 2018
Departments
- Classic Gunfights: Don’t Look Back
- Who Was the Fastest Gun in Hollywood?
- What History Has Taught Me: Dan Harshberger
- How Was Life in Territory Prisons?
- Mining the Optics
- Who Was the Best Housekeeper in the West?
- Was Bat Masterson Run Out of Denver?
- Were Archery Contests Held Out West?
- Cheering Our Culinary Journey
- What is 3-7-77, Associated with the Montana Vigilantes?
- An Angel and the Train Man
- What Did the Actors Drink When They were Drinking “Beer” on Gunsmoke?
- The Size of an Assignment
- What’s the Story Behind the Naming of Show Low, Arizona?