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State of the Union

State of the Union

by | Jul 1, 2004 | True Westerners

They’re larger than life, these men and women of the Old West who are part of America’s history and its legacy. They were bigger and braver, outrageous and bodacious, mean and mighty—take your pick. If history were static and if icons were honestly painted, we’d...
He Speaks the Language

He Speaks the Language

by | Jul 1, 2004 | Western Books

Larry Jay Martin did a lot of living before settling down and getting serious about his writing career. “I’ve been plane wrecked, car wrecked, boat wrecked, horse and mule wrecked a dozen times or more, and damn near wrecked by everything but a train,” he says. His...
On the Trail of Wild Bill Hickok

On the Trail of Wild Bill Hickok

by | Jul 1, 2004 | Travel & Preservation

May 27, 1837: A son, James Butler, the fifth child was born to William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok of Homer (later Troy Grove), Illinois. 1856: Nineteen-year-old James Butler Hickok left the family home with brother Lorenzo, heading for Kansas Territory to farm;...
Legendary Rancher

Legendary Rancher

by | Jul 1, 2004 | Features & Gunfights

Nobody was going to sneak up on ol’ Tap Duncan on the Diamond Bar Ranch, tucked away as it was in a remote corner of Arizona’s Mohave County. Anybody wanting to find him had to negotiate the narrow confines of Grapevine Canyon and ride up to his front door. Anybody...
One for the Grave

One for the Grave

by | Jun 1, 2004 | Features & Gunfights

Outlaw John Shaw gulped his last whiskey while surrounded by 15 cowboys as the sun rose over the cemetery in Canyon Diablo, Arizona Territory. One problem: John Shaw was already dead. A dead guy having a pick-me-up should fall squarely into the category of legend, and...