Wild West

Wild West Magazine presents the great American frontier from its beginnings to today. America’s western frontier has been a vital part of the country’s myths and reality, from the earliest exploration beyond the territory of the first colonies, to the wide expanses of the western prairies and deserts. Experience the old west and cowboys and Indians from top historical writers. Wild West brings to life the fascinating history, lore and culture of the great American frontier.

The Times They Are a-Changin’

Wild West • SPRING 2024 / VOL. 36, NO. 4

Friends to the Death

10 Pivotal Events in the Life of Buffalo Bill

Remembering the 101

Westerns Dead? Not Hardly

WEST WORDS

The Last Drop

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

Hollywood Cool

‘Reel’ Western Arms

SEE YOU LATER…

Woe for Wrangell

Events & Exhibits

The Rootinest, Tootinest • RIDERS IN THE SKY FOUNDER ‘RANGER DOUG’ GREEN KEEPS WRITING, PERFORMING AND TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT WESTERN MUSIC

Chapped

Riding With Sundance • ETTA PLACE IS THE NAME THIS YOUNG WOMAN WENT BY WHEN ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO THE ‘SUNDANCE KID’ OF BUTCH CASSIDY INFAMY—BUT MUCH ABOUT HER REMAINS A MYSTERY

Leaving the Stage • SHOWMAN FRANK MILLER RESCUED THIS FORMER MAIL COACH, RODE IT TO WILD WEST FAME AND, IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY, DONATED IT AS A LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Scenes From the Edge • TO DEPICT THE FRONTIER ERA WITH AUTHENTICITY, DAVID WRIGHT WALKS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN WHO LIVED IT

When the Wild West Met the Far East • IN 1901, AS THE BOXER REBELLION STOLE HEADLINES FROM HIS WILD WEST, BUFFALO BILL HAD HIS SIOUX PERFORMERS DON CHINESE GARB AND PORTRAY THE REBELS

Bravissimo, Buffalo Bill! • SHOWMAN CODY DELIGHTED ITALIAN FANS BY BRINGING HIS WILD WEST ACROSS THE OCEAN BLUE IN 1890 AND AGAIN IN 1906

Hard as Butteri

Fascist Gun in the West?

The Wilde Wild West • POET AND PLAYWRIGHT OSCAR WILDE WAS NO SLOUCH AT DRAWING CROWDS, CRITICS AND CASH DURING HIS SEVEN-WEEK RAMBLE OF THE AMERICAN WEST IN 1882

That ‘Other’ Wild West of Touring Fame • THE MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH REAL WILD WEST MAY NOT HAVE HAD BUFFALO BILL’S NAME RECOGNITION, BUT MANY OF ITS PERFORMERS WENT ON TO FILM STARDOM

‘The Dusky Demon’

The Harsh Glare of the Footlights • A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE EYES OF VICTORIAN-ERA PERFORMER SUE ROBINSON REVEALS THAT STAGE LIFE IN THE AMERICAN WEST WASN’T ALL APPLAUSE AND BOUQUETS

The One and Only Booger • TEXAN SAM PRIVETT, THE COLORFULLY NICKNAMED PROPRIETOR OF BOOGER RED’S WILD WEST, BACKED UP HIS BOAST HE COULD RIDE ANYTHING ON FOUR LEGS

Last Ride of the Pony Express • IN 2019 WILL GRANT EMBARKED ON A 142-DAY, 2,000-MILE HORSEBACK JOURNEY FROM THE PONY EXPRESS STABLES IN ST. JOSEPH, MO., TO TRAIL’S END IN SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

The Italian Connection • BUFFALO BILL’S TOURS OF ITALY AND THE ‘SPAGHETTI WESTERN’ IN PART INSPIRED REPLICA OLD WEST ARMS MADE BY UBERTI, PIETTA, PEDERSOLI AND OTHER ITALIAN GUNMAKERS

Golden, Oregon • THIS MINING BOOMTOWN WAS UNIQUE FOR WHAT IT DID NOT HAVE—NAMELY SALOONS, DANCE HALLS OR BROTHELS

Must See, Must Read • STEVE FRIESEN ROPES IN BOOKS & FILMS ABOUT WILLIAM F. ‘BUFFALO BILL’ CODY

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