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Frederick Schwatka
From fighting in the Great Sioux War to daring exploits in Alaska, the Oregon cavalryman had the right stuff.
The Notes from Nome
What happened to Wyatt Earp’s 1900 written recollections of his adventures?
True West’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
On the anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, we celebrated in Cave Creek.
New Eyes on the Earps and the Cowboys
How a gang of young, upstart historians dug deep and got the goods on Tombstone’s finest.
U.S. Small Arms of 1855
Review ofJohn Willyard’s U.S. Model 1855 Series of Small Arms.
Soiled Doves
Review of Jan MacKell Collins’s Good Time Girls of Colorado: A Red-Light History of the Centennial State and Good Time Girls of Arizona and New Mexico: A Red-Light History of the American Southwest.
Mountain Man Adventure
Review of Lane R. Warenski’s Grizzly Killer: White Snake.
Western Showman Extraordinare
Review of Prentiss Ingraham’s Buffalo Bill Cody, A Man of the West.
In Hell Junction, Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Review of Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins’ Last Stage to Hell Junction.
Soldiering On The Frontier
Review of Eli Paul’s The Frontier Army: Episodes from Dakota and the West.
Try, Try Again
The Burrow Gang’s first holdup wasn’t exactly a success.