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Buckeye’s Dream

Buckeye’s Dream

A fitting wake for Billy the Kid Buckeye Blake Bounces Back He was angry and depressed when the town council in Fort Sumner turned him down for his...

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Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall

We lost some heavyweights last year, and we loved them all. Looking back on 2024, it is no exaggeration to say our history world took some major...

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What’s Up, Doc?

What’s Up, Doc?

A slew of new revelations about John Henry Holliday’s two sojourns in the Mile-High City In this issue you will discover, just like I did, how...

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Secret Agent Man

Secret Agent Man

A legendary screenwriter gets his final byline. In early 2003 my agent called me to tell me the Westerns Channel wanted to start running True West...

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Dude Spotting

Dude Spotting

It’s harder to spot real cowboys than you might think.   In my experience, nobody looks at a photograph of a welder and says, “That’s not a...

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A Moving Target

A Moving Target

When I was a kid, the Old West was 50 years in the rearview, and today my youth is 50 years in the rearview—and—to be honest, more like 60! Yikes!...

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O.K. Boomers

O.K. Boomers

Wyatt Earp was a Boomer. As are most of the writers and historians arguing about him in this issue. Granted, the term Boomer has slightly different...

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