History in the Trees The University of Arizona in Tucson is offering a three-week course on the interpretation and analysis of archaeological tree rings. The Dendroarchaeology Field School (try to say that three times, fast) will teach dating methods through lectures, laboratory exercises and fieldwork. It includes a full week at various sites in western New Mexico. The three-credit course runs May 18-June 15, and it is open to undergrads, grad students and professionals. 520-621-6465 • www

May 2009
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
- Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books)
- Blood on the Prairie (Fiction)
- The Last Renegade (Fiction)
- My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Fiction)
- Big Sycamore Stands Alone (Nonfiction)
- As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart (Nonfiction)
- The Sutton-Taylor Feud (Nonfiction)
- Searching for Tamsen Donner (Nonfiction)
- Return of the Gun (Fiction)
- Finding Chief Kamiakin (Nonfiction)
- Custer Into the West (Nonfiction)
- Music of the Alamo (Nonfiction)
- Standing Up for Liberty Valance
- Jonah Hex Liftoff!
- Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 2
More In This Issue
- Who are some of the top bad guys in Westerns?
- Who is the American Indian Massai?
- In a typical Westerns saloon scene, most patrons wear hats. Wouldn’t hats be removed upon entering?
- Why don’t we hear more about the Arizona Rangers?
- Did any Old West outlaw find that crime did pay?
- Preservation: Monument for a Madam
- Mark Lemon
- Lawton, Oklahoma
- The Rifleman’s Rifle Returns
- Cowboy Bunkhouse
- Ghost Town King
- Trailing Narcissa Whitman & Eliza Spalding
- Rare Russell is Collector’s Bargain
- Old West Foods in the 21st Century
- Miles and Miles of Miles City
- The Fastest Killer in the Old West
- House Party Shoot-Out
- Top 10 Western Museums of 2009
- Back Trail to the Reel West
- What can you tell me about China Mary of Tombstone fame?
- Western novels often use the term “drifter,” but did cowboys use it?
- Herding Belligerent Bison