Shooting Back

HE GOT THE DROP ON CRASH

I have been a subscriber for a while and love the magazine. I was reading the article “All That Glitters Is Not Gold” in the Nov-Dec 2024 issue. The part about Ray “Crash” Corrigan sparked a memory. It has taken me over a couple of weeks to find what I was remembering. This picture was taken in Corriganville in June 1959. That is me getting The Drop on “Crash” from his horse. As you can see the “Rig” is the one in the article. The article and picture brought back a lot of great memories of a better time. Thank you for a great magazine.

—John Barry Zomisky (San Diego, California)

 

OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER?

I’ve been reading True West off and on for decades and just discovered your YouTube page. I love it! I really appreciated your thoughts on the new Netflix Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War show. Thank you for recommending to the directors that they get big-gun historians like Paul Andrew Hutton on the show.  I love his book about Geronimo and the Apache wars. It feels like Hutton has been in every Western show like this since the 1990s! Last episode my husband said to me, “He looks old,” and I said, “So do we!”

—Jane Carter (Logan, Utah)

 

Editor’s note:  For the record, Paul Hutton has appeared as a talking head on 270 TV history shows (including the writing of 15) going back to 1992. And, yes, he is old, but not as old as BBB!

—Bob Boze Bell

 

WE TAKE YOU THERE

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have lived in 1870s, ’80s and ’90s in the West. Then, I start reading my True West magazine, and I feel I’ve been transported back in time to experience that history, firsthand.

—Doug Bradle (Peoria, Arizona)

 

KIN CORRECTED

First, I want to thank you for talking about my great, great uncle Levi (on my mom’s side). Your page talks about his gunfight with Frank Loving at the Long Branch Saloon. I wanted to let you know that there is a typo in his name. The correct last name is Richason, not Richardson.

—Tyler Sass (West Bend, Wisconsin)

 

ROOTING FOR HORIZON

I really wanted Horizon to be a great success. Western culture sure could use a shot in the arm. I for one am grateful for what Kevin Costner put into Horizon and giving a nod to the old Westerns. And I don’t need anyone to tell me that even the name was a nod to John Ford. At least it appears to be faring better with online streaming, and for that I am glad.

—Rex Rideout (Conifer, Colorado)