In the spring of 1892, members of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association created a hit list and then imported twenty-two rough and ready Texans to exterminate “rustlers.” Recruited in and around Paris, Texas, they rode by train to Denver where, on April 5th they were met by a few Wyoming ranchers, who then issued new, high caliber .45-90 and .38-55 Winchesters.
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True West October 2018
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Lieutenant Charles Gatewood and the Johnson County War
- A Man Alone?
- The Lawman on the Lam
- Brother Vs. Brother
- An Act of Dignity and Strength
- Comstock Inferno
- Virginia City, Montana
- Boot Camp or Basic Training
- Peaches or Tso-ay
- Don’t Mess with the Rangers
- One More Killing
- An Apache Named Fun
- History and the Myth
- The Price of Leadership
- Bits and Pieces to Chew On
- Any Bullet Will Do
Departments
- What History Has Taught Me: Red Steagall
- From Slavery to Cattle King
- What did American Indians Smoke in their Peace Pipes?
- Was “Doc” a Prolific Killer?
- Horrors of Stage Station Grub
- Western Events for October 2018
- Ike Bites the Dust
- Were U.S. Army Troops Allowed to Carry their own Weapons?
- A Real Western Colt in the Reel West
- How were Cattle Cared for when they were Shipped to Slaughterhouses?
- Lone Ranger’s Iconic Saddle
- Why Were Only the Front Hooves of Mules Shod?
- Return to Fort Apache
- The Father of Montana
- What was the Name of Frank Stilwell’s Saloon in Charleston?