A mere two weeks have passed since the 5th Cavalry learned of George Custer’s devastating defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Some 350 officers and troops

August 2017
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- The Practical and Spiritual Mores of the High Plains Peoples
- Buffalo Bill in the Movies
- Building Your Western Library with Andrew McBride
- Iron Ladies of the American Railroad
- A Western Tale of Intrigue
- Val Kilmer at Doc Holli-Days
- A Hell-Bent Ride on a Snortin’ Prince of a Mule
- Beeves, Barons, and Barbed Wire
More In This Issue
Departments
- What Type of Poker was Popular in the Old West?
- Canyons, Chasms and Cataracts
- What Did Photographers Use Before Flash Powder was Invented?
- Civil War on the Western Frontier
- Was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a Crook?
- The Lawful Breed
- Dressed To Kill
- What History Has Taught Me: Cheryl Rogers Barnett
- Armchair Gun Show
- Queen of the Kansas Cowtowns
- Saved by YouTube
- Red Hot for the Crowd
- What Rifles Did the U.S. Cavalry Carry During the Frontier Era?
- Hunka, Hunka Burnin’ Iron
- The Last Man Standing
- What Was The Most Common Gunbelt Carried Out West?