Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, NM and Antonito, CO The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a historic narrow-gauge railway that operates between Chama, New Mexico, and Antonito, Colorado, on the D&RGWRR 1880 extension line. In 1935, Paramount Pictures used the railroad’s locomotive #168 in the Texas Rangers, directed by King Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray and Jean Parker. – Courtesy Cumbres & Tolt

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?