The Old West was quickly fading from reality into myth by the mid-1920’s. Most of the old time gunfighters had gone on to their great reward and Hollywood had taken up the chore of re-inventing the gunfighter. Tom Mix was making $17,000 a week performing superhuman feats from atop his famous horse Tony. During the Roaring Twenties, the heroes of the silver screen always packed two six guns that never needed
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