5. DODGE CITY, KS
A handful of Western towns are truly legendary, boasting a remarkable history and getting a huge boost from pop culture and media over the past century. You know the names—Tombstone, Lincoln, New Mexico.
The Queen of the Cowtowns attracted folks like the Earps, Doc Holliday, Clay Allison, Mysterious Dave Mather, Dave Rudabaugh, Charlie Siringo, Luke Short and Bill Tilghman. Who can forget the fictional Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke? For some, the 1950s’ TV?show is a first i

January/February 2008
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
- Major Dundee
- Gall: Lakota War Chief (Nonfiction)
- Redemption Falls (Fiction)
- Baby Doe Tabor (Nonfiction)
- How to Yodel (Nonfiction)
- Nez Perce Country (Nonfiction)
- The Good News, Bad News No Country
- Requiem for Billy the Kid
- Petra’s Legacy (Nonfiction)
- Drifting West (Nonfiction)
- Migration Patterns (Fiction)
- Brujerias (Fiction)
- Ride the Trail of Death (Fiction)
- Blood of Bass Tillman (Fiction)
- Sitting Bull Remembers
More In This Issue
- Hidden Treasure in Engineer Mountain
- Garrett’s Death Site Saved
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2008
- Saving Dalton Days
- Can you recommend a reference book on Old West firearms?
- What happened to Davy Crockett’s rifle “Beautiful Betsy?”
- What is cowboy artist Jo Mora’s backstory?
- Did citizens lynch criminals in the West?
- What can you tell me about cowboy actor Tim McCoy?
- Do Indians not have facial hair?
- Is “remada” an English derivative of the Spanish word remuda?
- Top 10 Things to Do in El Paso
- Preservation: History Up in Smoke
- The First Western Holster
- Tombstone, Arizona
- Sweetwater Shoot-out
- Melody Webb
- On the Trail of Sheriff Pat Garrett
- Gutshot!
- What Have You Heard, Shane?
- Did gunfighters carve notches in their guns?
- True West’s Best of the West 2008 Winners