Articles Archive

Rhyolite or Bust

by Robin Bronsky | Jan 1, 2002

Imagine entering a town that, technically, no longer exists. Imagine the bustling town; the thousands of people whose hopes and dreams came to life...

Arikara Toll Gate

by Tim Simmons | Jan 1, 2002

It was in March of 1822 that the now-famous advertisement appeared in the Missouri Republican: TO ENTERPRISING YOUNG MEN. The subscriber wishes to...

Justice Comes To Nevada

by Richard H. Dillon | Jan 1, 2002

When you think of the far West before statehood, you tend to equate justice with “hemp justice,” Judge Lynch; vigilante stringing up outlaws on the...

Real To Reel

by Shirley Ayn Linder | Jan 1, 2002

It’s possible that Doc Holliday never made a house call, yet there are few Americans who don’t know him. In fact, it’s doubtful that anyone since...

Blaze Away!

by Jeff Morey | Nov 1, 2001

A little over a year ago, at the True West headquarters in Cave Creek, Arizona, True West’s Senior Vice President Bob Brink asked me if there were...

Doc Holliday’s Last Days

by Karen Holliday Tanner and Clifton Brewer | Nov 1, 2001

Thirty seconds of withering gunfire raised John Henry “Doc” Holliday from frontier gambler to gunfighter immortal. Yet it was in a quiet little...

The Leadville Years

by Gary L. Roberts | Nov 1, 2001

Leadville, Colorado, was the last place Doc Holliday needed to be the summer of 1882—its climate was deadly for a man suffering from tuberculosis;...

The Split

by Chuck Hornung and Gary L. Roberts | Nov 1, 2001

Almost five years had passed since the gas-lit world of saloons and gambling halls brought Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday together in Texas. They...

Friends and Enemies

by Peter Brand and Roger Jay | Nov 1, 2001

Dan Tipton and the Earp Vendetta Posse By Peter Brand Daniel Tipton’s name is not well known in the annals of the West. His character has never been...