Standing outside Due West Gallery, Thom Ross is packing iron. Good thing Wyatt Earp and Pat Garrett aren’t in Santa Fe, New Mexico, or they’d be hauling Ross off to jail for violating that checked gun policy. Wait a minute. Earp and Garrett—and Billy the Kid, Johnny Ringo, Buffalo Bill Cody, even boxer Jack Johnson—are in Santa Fe, hanging on the walls of Due West Gallery, where you’ll also find the artwork of Duke Beardsley, Maurice Turetsky and others, including Bob Boz

October 2012
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- What kinds of adult beverages were popular in Tombstone at its peak?
- What is hardtack?
- In The Bravados, a professional hangman was brought into town to dispatch four men. Did such a profession exist in the Old West?
- How prevalent was the stampede string on Old West hats?
- How was extradition handled in the 1870-80s frontier West?
- During the Earp-Cowboy confrontation period in Tombstone, did the chief of police (Virgil Earp) share an office with the county sheriff (Johnny Behan)?
- From Western Deserts to Carolina Swamps
- Elevating Western American Art
- Old-Mining Boomtown
- The Last Camel Charge
- October 2012 Events
- 10 for 10: Ruidoso, NM
- Hangtown Fry
- The West’s Most Provocative Artist
- “I Don’t Hold for Anybody!”
- True West’s PBS Special
- Healing Hot Springs
- Patróns of the West
- Remembering Ernest Borgnine
- Dr. Buck Montgomery
- John Moyers
- The Great Artist Duel
- Life-Saving Buffalo Robes
- Sleeping in a Dog’s Head
- A Rich Visual Playground
- They Called Me Janey
- 53 Statues You Need to See Before You Die
- The Last Hash Knife Cowboy
- The Bravest Lawman You’ve Never Heard Of