Shoot-Out in El Paso
April 14, 1881 Out in the West Texas town of El Paso, ex-Marshal George Campbell is flat-out looking for trouble. “Any American that is a friend of Mexicans,” he booms, “ought to be hanged!” Constable Gus Krempkau turns red. He has just finished assisting a group of...
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
Is there a Western novel, film or television show in which a character does not order a shot or bottle of whiskey, let alone throw, break or shoot a bottle of the veritable Old West spirit? Well, after a thorough search we might find one or two, but, after reading The...
The Siege of Flagstaff
One of those Post-Indian Wars gunfights, almost lost in history occurred in northern Arizona on November 11th, 1899, eight years after Wounded Knee. For several years the band of Navajo Chief B’ugoettin had been fighting an undeclared war with local cattlemen...
Ike Clanton finally meets his Waterloo
Ike and Fin Clanton, who had survived the Cochise County War against Wyatt Earp and his brothers five years earlier, had moved their operations to the Springerville area. Their ranch, the Cienega Amarilla, was located east of Springerville, near Escudilla Mountain....
True West January/February 2025
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