Bogus Marshals, Tintypes and Rebel Yells
What was the relationship between U.S. marshals and town marshals or county sheriffs? Chase Appleby Venice, Florida A deputy U.S. marshal was responsible for federal crimes, and a town marshal or county sheriff had authority dealing with town or county crimes...
Living and Dying Along the Rio Grande
The 20th novel, A Sinister Splendor: A Mexican War Novel (Forge, $29.99), by three-time Western Writers of America Spur Award-winner Mike Blakely is an instant classic and the best novelization of the oft-overlooked conflict since Jeff Shaara’s Gone for Soldiers...
Over Land and Water with John Wesley Powell
A statue of one-armed John Wesley Powell in front of the Sweetwater County Museum in Green River, Wyoming. He is facing south, toward the Green River and Expedition Island, from where he launched his boats on his first expedition to explore the Colorado River system...
Custer, Crows, and Curtis
No American battle (except perhaps Gettysburg) has been the subject of so many books and movies as the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana Territory—and for clear reason. The Lakota Sioux and their Northern Cheyenne allies, guided by Sitting Bull and Crazy...
True West January/February 2025
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