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In His Blood

In His Blood

by | Jan 3, 2005 | Western Books

Before you dismiss Thomas Eidson as some Easterner who doesn’t know a whit about the Old West, think again. Sure, Eidson is executive vice president in charge of corporate affairs at Fidelity Investments, where he works in a Boston skyscraper. Sure, before that he was...
True West’s Best of the West 2005 Winners

True West’s Best of the West 2005 Winners

by | Oct 1, 2004 | Art, Guns and Culture

Celebrating our 51st continual year of publication, True West again brings you our hoarded nuggets, our favorite out-of-the-way secrets: the best saloons, the top single action army revolver, the wildest Western towns—the West’s best, bar none. We also share your...
Following Custer’s Guidon

Following Custer’s Guidon

by | Sep 1, 2004 | Travel & Preservation

Born in 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio, George Armstrong (or Autie, as his sister called him) Custer attended Alfred Stubbins Young Men’s Academy. He graduated in 1855, taught at Beech Point School in Ohio and in 1857 enrolled in West Point, where he was graduated last in...
Judging the Peace

Judging the Peace

by | Aug 1, 2004 | Features & Gunfights

Mexican raiders swam across the Rio Grande, showing off their freshly-stolen beeves, taunting Capt. Leander McNelly and his Special Force of Texas Rangers to cross the river and invade Mexico. The rustlers knew the Neutrality Act of 1818 forbade American military...