State of the Union
They’re larger than life, these men and women of the Old West who are part of America’s history and its legacy. They were bigger and braver, outrageous and bodacious, mean and mighty—take your pick. If history were static and if icons were honestly painted, we’d...
Following Cherokee Tracks
I first saw the Cherokee Trail when I was a little girl. One branch of it crossed my family’s ranch near Encampment, Wyoming, and when we were at the reservoir either checking the irrigation headgates, having a picnic or fishing, my father pointed it out to me. At the...
The Long Arm of the Law
Enforcing the law in the early West was a vocation for stout, fearless men. And yet there were at least three who extended the long arm of the law to apprehend malefactors, even after they had only one arm to extend. Virgil Earp was the most famous of the three...
The Quiet Montanan
Anyone who can write about mining towns and mountain men with the same passion he puts into tales of the California gold rush or early Oregon must be an adventurer, a loud boisterous individual who likes to attract attention. Or so you’d think. But Richard S. Wheeler,...
True West May/June 2024
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