On May 17, 1853, the legislature passed an act creating the California Rangers, with Harry Love as their captain, and Governor John Bigler signed it into law. It authorized the formation of a company, not to exceed twenty men, for service of three months, unless earlie

True West May 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- How did Settlers and Cowboys Calculate Miles?
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Cowan’s Auction
- How Accurate was the Language in the 2010 Version of True Grit?
- Shaken, Stirred and Strong
- What History Has Taught Me: Howard Terpning
- Did Ballistics Forensics Ever Come into Play in Solving Crimes in the Old West?
- Was Doc Holliday Really a Deadly Dentist?
- The Diné Return to the Four Corners
- Seminole Scouts
- Battle of Rosebud
- Did Frontier Soldiers go through Boot Camp?
- The Militancy of the Miners