On May 17, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry marched from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, to destiny at Little Big Horn. Not so well-known is

June 2017
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Bust Cream, Anyone?
- Life and Death on the Fur Trade Frontier
- Paranoia Takes Jim Murhpy
- The Cheapskate of All Time
- The Horseless Carriage Was Seriously Underestimated
- Shopping from Home in 1897 with Sears Roebuck
- Outselling the Best Sellers–Sears Roebuck
- Mattie Summerhayes: An Army Bride from New England Follows the Guidon
- The Osage, Oil and the FBI
- While on a Cattle Drive, Did Cowboys Wear Their Handguns or Store Them?
- A Western Shootist is Born
- The Secret Artillery
- Good for a Laugh… and a Shiver
- The Western War Between the States
- She Was the Best Man of the Party
- A Preacher Comes to Helldorado: Part III
- Western Wisdom Worth Remembering
- What Happened to the Guns Used in the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral?
- You Tell ‘Em Girl
- Johnny Lingo: Arbuckles’, Bean Masters & Boiled Strawberries
- A Preacher Comes to Helldorado: Part II
- Rosebud Gets No Respect
- Mapping Our Way
- A Preacher Comes to Helldorado: Part I
Departments
- What History Has Taught Me: Howard Kazanjian
- Why Are Old West Figures Portrayed in Such Black-and-White Terms—Either They’re All Good or All Bad?
- On Walker, Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris Had a Recurring Role, Told via Flashbacks, as 19th Century Texas Ranger Hayes Cooper. Did Such a Man Exist?
- Dinner in Deadwood with Calamity Jane
- The Battle of Turkey Creek Canyon
- Western Events for June 2017
- Did Any Indian Tribes Break Treaties the Way the U.S. Government Did?
- Colt’s Paterson—the Foaling of a Legend
- A Woman’s Work is Never Done
- Did Augustine Chacon Kill 52 Men?