Nellie Cashman’s many requests for donations to charitable causes brought her in contact with cowboys, miners, gamblers, outlaws and the ladies of the evening. The source of donations never bothered her.
She said: “Whether the money comes from an upstanding citizen, or a member of the outlaw faction makes no difference to me,” she said. “The money doesn’t know the difference either. Wha

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows