In Wagons West: Texas Freedom!, Dana Fuller Ross spins an intriguing tale worthy of Alamo history buffs. When the fortified Alamo mission’s walls were breached by the Mexicans on March 6, 1836, Texian defenders were massacred to a man. In that roaring hurricane of death just one man lived, Capt. Paul Franklin. Called the Wagonmaster for the hundreds he’d led West, he soon wooed and won Nancy Darrow, a beautiful mixed-blood daughter of a slave-holding tycoon. They then bonded on their jo

August 2012
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- The Mini “Buffalo Gun”
- High Doom in the Andes
- How did Chester Goode, Matt Dillon’s assistant on Gunsmoke, get his limp?
- Singing for His Supper
- A Bonanza Paradise
- Pizza in the Old West
- A Tale of Two Shirts
- Tailor-Made Re-enactor
- Larry Winget
- Bill Anton
- 10 for 10: Santa Barbara, CA
- Why did the three “Outlaw Cowboys” from your May 2012 issue tuck one pant leg into their boots?
- Did U.S. marshals have authority over local law enforcement officials?
- Who is Sheet-Iron Jack?
- Who had the fastest draw: John Wesley Hardin, Wild Bill Hickok or Doc Holliday?
- August 2012 Events
- Following the Santa Fe Trail
- Railfest
- Rodeo Ben’s Jeans
- What are the Staked Plains?