I’ve lost count of the museums dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of the Chisholm Trail. I can’t remember all the novels I’ve read about the Chisholm Trail. There are songs about the Chisholm Trail. Books about the Chisholm Trail. Road markers lauding the Chisholm Trail. It’s Chisholm Trail this, and Chisholm Trail that. You ask me, it’s a conspiracy, and I’m not putting up with this oversight anymore. I’m heading north from South Texas to honor the legacy of that ot

August 2009
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
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- The Show Must Go On
- What happened to the corpses of guys killed in running gunfights in the Old West?
- Did Indians have a smoke “Morse Code” that sent messages?
- Did outlaws prefer Spanish Mustangs?
- My husband and I have noticed that some of the big stars rode the same horses in a lot of their movies.
- Was there ever a “Code of the West”?
- Were the Spanish vaqueros the first to round up and herd cattle in the West?
- What’s It Like to Live There—Fort Smith, AR
- Preservation: Surrender Site
- Ken Spurgeon
- Pueblo Revival Living
- Below the Equator
- The Non-British “English” Sharps
- Rollin’, Rollin’, Respectin’ Along the Western Trail
- Out to Lunch
- The Evolution of Western Wear
- A Dust-Up in Delta
- The Cheyenne Suitcase
- “Green” Ranching
- The Death of Chief Crazy Horse
- Skating In New Directions