Colt Peacemaker. Just the sound of these words conjures up images of the Wild West. They bring to life scenes of bustling smoke-filled saloons and dusty frontier streets, of thundering cavalry pistol charges across wide-open prairies and of great cattle herds and the hard men who drove them to lusty, lawless railheads like Abilene or Dodge City.
Names from the real West, like Wyatt Earp, Wes Hardin and Bat Masterson, also come to mind, as do names from the West of myth, like Buffalo Bill

June 2013
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- Mattie Earp Rests in Peace
- The Cowboy Artist’s Mentor
- The Bloody Bozeman
- Doc Hits Bottom (But Not Much Else)
- Gunfighter Graves
- Who was the first man killed by Billy the Kid?
- Who was Tombstone cowboy Frank Patterson?
- What is a “grass widow?”
- Colt’s Cavalry Pistol to the Rescue
- Guarding Custer’s Guidon
- Doc Holliday’s Lost Colorado Years
- Pistol Pete
- The Navajo War of 1913
- This Far-Off Wild Land
- Are there any photos of Curly Bill Brocius?
- The Red Man’s Bones
- During a stampede, did cowboys use guns to control the cattle?
- Pinedale, Wyoming
- A Feel-Good Story
- The Windsor Widow
- Custer’s Dash
- Drinking with the Friars
- June 2013 Events
- Top Five Koblas Reads
- A Lawless Breed
- Outlaws
- “A Killer is What They Needed”
- Rough Drafts 6/13
- Hardin Biopic
- IN THE WORKS
- Heaven’s Gate
- Which Dodge City dance hall star was shot in her sleep at the mayor’s home?