by Jana Bommersbach | Nov 1, 2005 | Features & Gunfights
The most surprising thing about homosexuality in the Old West is not that it was rare in the rugged, macho world of the cowboy, but that it was so common and so not a big deal. That’s a complete...
by twadmin | Oct 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture
Readers’ Choice – Here are the winners of our “2006 Best of the West.” Sit back and see if your pick made the list. Best Living Contemporary Western Artist Thom Ross This San Francisco native-turned-Seattle resident keeps pushing the envelope....
by Candy Moulton | Sep 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation
Robert LeRoy Parker—born April 13, 1866, in the small town of Beaver, Utah, to Mormon parents Maximilian and Ann Parker—spent his early years in Circleville, Utah, living with his family in a home that is still standing (and privately owned). As a teen, Parker worked...
by | Sep 1, 2005 | Inside History
In the Old West, was there ever a female peace officer? Debra Via the Internet The article “Frontier Women at Arms” in the July 2005 issue of True West features female hunters, cowgirls, ranchers, teamsters, prospectors, exhibition shooters, adventurers and outlaws,...
by Bob Boze Bell | Aug 1, 2005 | Inside History
July 2-14 1882 John Ringo has decided to move to Tombstone, Arizona (he has been living in San Simon and Galeyville). He arrives in town and meets Editor Sam Purdy of The Tombstone Epitaph, who later writes of their talk: “He said that he was as certain of...