Towns You Should Know Tombstone, AZ The 1881 Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral, featuring the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday versus the Clantons and McLaurys, put this mining town on the map. Deadwood, SD The Black Hills gold rush gave rise to this mining town, while the 1876 murder of Wild Bill Hickok as he was gambling underscored the town’s lawlessness. El Paso, TX This Rio Grande border town has a 400-year history that includes the 1680 Pueblo Revolt and the launch of the Mexican Revo

January/February 2010
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- True West’s Best of the West 2010 Winners
- Did cowboys on the trail prefer to smoke cigarettes, pipes or cigars?
- What is the Bascom Affair?
- An old man who died in San Diego in 1948 claimed on his deathbed to be gunman “Buckskin” Frank Leslie.
- Why did Gene Autry wear a double buscadero rig with only one holster?
- When did regular bathing become the norm in the Old West?
- Did Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders include any outlaws or lawmen?
- Got Gold … In Your Closet?
- Following Calamity Jane
- The “New” Old Ancestors
- The Original Boot Hill
- How to Own a Dixon on a Low Budget
- Auld Lang Syne
- An Insane Treatment
- Choose the Right Felt Hat
- Happy 400th Birthday, Santa Fe
- Horsey Adventures in Fort Worth
- Cactus Camp
- Lynda A. Sanchez
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2010