Stroll down the main street of Cody, Wyoming and you will notice it has a different ambiance than many of the other Old West towns that beckon visitors. Cody is a true cowboy town, complete with rodeos and a free, 1800s melodrama-style gunfight, performed each summer evening at six sharp by members of the Cody Gunfighters. There are many attractions in Cody, which is known as the Gateway to Yellowstone National Park, a mere 50 miles away on the scenic Chief Joseph Highway. The late televis

True West March/April 2025
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- Truth Be Known
- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
- Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus