A Shot In The Dark
July 14, 1881 At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom “Kip” McKinney, ensconce themselves within a peach orchard on the northern boundary of Fort Sumner, New Mexico. A full moon looms above. As the lawmen creep toward the buildings,...
Invaders in the Big Horns
Nearly two dozen Texas gunmen rode a specially outfitted railroad car into Casper, Wyoming, on April 5, 1892. They disembarked well before sunrise, along with 30 or so cohorts—cattle barons, local politicians and even a couple of newspaper reporters. Well-armed and...
The Blast at Steins Pass
December 7, 1897 Two cowboys, Dave Atkins and Ed Cullen, step inside the Steins Pass train depot in southwestern New Mexico a few minutes past 6 p.m. and make small talk with Charles and Daisey St. John. Then the cowboys pull pistols and rob them. Some time before 8...
Love Song to the Plains and the Desert West
Each year Western Writers of America (WWA) adds a distinguished writer to the Western Writers Hall of Fame (HOF). With the breadth and depth of writers who created “Literature of the West for the World” to select from, the decision is based on a vote of the...
True West January/February 2025
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