I typically encourage people to preserve properties, but four years ago, when True West asked my advice on nominating the Pinal City Cemetery to preserve it as a historic site, I advised the magazine not to bother. Cemeteries can be problematic. The National Register of Historic Places does not list graveyards; even if it did, the honorific designation would not prevent the public desecration going on at the site. This was a conundrum for the magazine and its new True West Preservation Socie

June 2013
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- Mattie Earp Rests in Peace
- The Cowboy Artist’s Mentor
- The Bloody Bozeman
- Doc Hits Bottom (But Not Much Else)
- Gunfighter Graves
- Who was the first man killed by Billy the Kid?
- Who was Tombstone cowboy Frank Patterson?
- What is a “grass widow?”
- Colt’s Cavalry Pistol to the Rescue
- Guarding Custer’s Guidon
- Doc Holliday’s Lost Colorado Years
- Pistol Pete
- The Navajo War of 1913
- This Far-Off Wild Land
- Are there any photos of Curly Bill Brocius?
- The Red Man’s Bones
- During a stampede, did cowboys use guns to control the cattle?
- Pinedale, Wyoming
- A Feel-Good Story
- The Windsor Widow
- Custer’s Dash
- Drinking with the Friars
- June 2013 Events
- Top Five Koblas Reads
- A Lawless Breed
- Outlaws
- “A Killer is What They Needed”
- Rough Drafts 6/13
- Hardin Biopic
- IN THE WORKS
- Heaven’s Gate
- Which Dodge City dance hall star was shot in her sleep at the mayor’s home?