Branded But Unbroken
The image of strong women pioneers and trailblazers of yesteryear has grown hazy in the decades since the mass migration west. For many, the type of woman who dared venture into the rugged frontier is relegated to two categories: the corset-wearing soiled dove with...
Nevada’s Buckaroos, Bonanzas and Boomtowns
I’m standing in Mesquite, Nevada, with Max McCoy, historian, teacher, journalist, novelist, traveler and writer who knows how to turn a phrase. “This scenery,” he says, “makes me want to really [mess] someone up.” Good thing Max isn’t going with me on this trip. I’d...
Ghostly Soldiers March On
In the winter of 1866-67, Lt. Keene led cavalrymen from Fort Sedgwick, Colorado, on a mission to rescue government wood cutters. After 21 hours without fire or a drink of water, the men marched on. By daybreak, the lieutenant, stopping at a wood chopper’s cabin,...
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
About 1980, a planchet was discovered near the Arizona community of Wheatfields, just a few miles north of Miami, about 40 miles east of the old San Carlos reservation. Upon further inspection of the metal portion of the decoration, one could see it was a Medal of...
True West March/April 2025
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