Not much is known about the Oklahoma outlaw named Dan Clifton. Where and when
was he born? How did he become an outlaw? And where did he get the nickname
“Dynamite Dick”?
There were a couple of stories told about his alias. The first: he was playing with
dynamite as a kid when it went off; he lost three fingers in the accident. The second: he
was trying to crack a safe on a train when the expl

True West August 2019
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
Departments
- Ask the Marshall
- The Frontier’s Movable Kitchen
- 1911 Pistol Goes Western
- Ask the Marshall
- The Adventures of Calamity Jane
- Moran Masterpiece Tops in Scottsdale
- Ask the Marshall
- Ask the Marshall
- Ann Bassett, Colorado’s Cattle Queen
- Placerville, California
- Pueblo Grande Celebrates 90 Years
- Battle for the Promised Land
- The End of The Line
- Ask the Marshall