5. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO For its 125th birthday, Glenwood Springs, Colorado—population 9,000—is getting the recognition it deserves as a True Western Town of 2010. Doc Holliday is usually what first comes to mind when Glenwood Springs is mentioned; after all, he died of tuberculosis at the Glenwood Hotel and a memorial marks the place where he was buried in the Linwood Cemetery. Yet this city has so much more to offer than its connection to the famed Tombstone gunfighter. In fact, the c

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