I had no idea. I mean, anyone who knows American history is aware of the important and symbolic role the buffalo played in both the white and Indian worlds. My eyes were opened after reading Mary Ann Franke’s research on the endangered bison herd of America. There are several arguments, regarding the environment, future population of the herds and, oh yes, the ever present political correctness of the issue. Franke is a seasoned veteran of the Yellowstone National Park system and has spent
January/February 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- UNBRIDLED: THE WESTERN HORSE IN FICTION AND NONFICTION
- Spanning Washington: Historic Bridges of the Evergreen State
- TO SAVE THE WILD BISON
- HEARTS WEST: TRUE STORIES OF MAIL-ORDER BRIDES ON THE FRONTIER
- Buffalo Bill’s America
- VOICE OF THE BORDERLANDS
- Haunted by Hardin
- Starring the Cowboys of America
- WESTERN TRADITIONS: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
- The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay, 1897-1899
- The Salish people and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- THE ART OF SERGIO LEONE’S ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
- PEOPLE OF THE MOON
- EYE OF THE WOLF
More In This Issue
- I would like your opinion on the deaths of outlaws Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
- A Cowboy’s Cowboy-song Singer
- Sheridan, Wyoming
- Billings Fills the Bill
- On a Mission along El Camino Real
- Uncrowned Heroine, Among Great Men
- “I Should Have Killed Them All”
- Right out of Nowhere
- Home to You
- Do you know of any books written about Scott Cooley (and his gang)?
- Journeys
- Caldwell, Kansas, is mentioned often in the magazine, but why doesn’t Hunnewell—a wild, border town itself—get the same coverage?
- Why did Wyatt Earp never hold the top law enforcement position in any town where he worked?
- I’ve heard that during an Old West gunfight, the persons who drew their guns first were often the ones who got shot. Is this true?
- During 1952, when I was learning to be a Naval Aviator in Pensacola, Florida, I read a book on the Battle of the Little Bighorn written from the Indian point of view. Do you know the title?
- Cobra Pistols
- The Best of New Mexico Western
- Jubilee
- Calsong
- This Weary World