Elmer Kelton Country
A trip tracking the Texas author across the Lone Star State is sure to create memorable stories. The frontier town of Mobeetie was taking on some of the appearances of civilization, although not all the realities of it.” That’s the first description of a Texas town in...
Who Named the Hole in the Wall?
Figuring out the correct origin of place/names can be difficult to pin down and who named Hole in the Wall is one of them “He says/she says,” thing. Back in 1986 when I was writing Roadside History of Arizona, I found quite a number of controversial...
The Aftermath of the Gunfight Behind the OK Corral
Most of the older movies about the “Gunfight Near the OK Corral” would have you believe the feud, like the film, was over. The 1993 film Tombstone tried but played loose with the facts. There was more action to follow. Judge Wells Spicer concluded the hearings on...
Own a Gunfighter’s Favorite!
Thanks to replicas, you can have a spitting-image, working copy of some of the Old West’s most colorful shootists’ famous guns. Talk about expensive! Original guns used by the famous and infamous personalities of the Old West have become coveted collectibles. If not...
True West September/October 2025
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