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.

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Wild West

COSTLY PURSUIT

10 NOTABLE 19th-CENTURY WYOMINGITES

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WEST WORDS

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EVENTS OF THE WEST

INSIDE APACHERIA • DOUG HOCKING GREW UP ON A RESERVATION AND WRITES BOOKS IN WHICH JICARILLAS AND CHIRICAHUAS PLAY CENTRAL ROLES

DOUBLE BILLING

ALBUQUERQUE’S ‘INNOCENT’ MARSHAL • THE DISREPUTABLE MILTON YARBERRY SOMEHOW SCORED A BADGE, BUT HIS DAYS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW WERE NUMBERED

ONE BULLY BREAKFAST • THOUGH PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S 1903 TOUR SCHEDULE WAS TIGHT, HE COULDN’T RESIST A T-BONE FROM A COLORADO CHUCK WAGON

WHERE THE CATTLE AND THE BUFFALO ROAM • THE HISTORIC MEDANO-ZAPATA RANCH, IN COLORADO’S SAN LUIS VALLEY, STILL RUNS STOCK AND WELCOMES GUESTS

CHEATGRASS DREAMS COME TRUE • THEODORE WADDELL PUTS A MODERNIST TOUCH ON PAINTINGS OF CATTLE, SHEEP, HORSES AND OTHER CREATURES OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES

APACHE RATTLESNAKE POWER • APACHES MADE USE OF RATTLERS’ VENOM IN POISONED ARROWS AND RESPECTED TRIBAL MEMBERS WILLING TO HANDLE THE SNAKES

STYLE • We marvel at Blair Buswell’s magnificent monuments and extraordinary statues

BILLY & JESSE • A biographer sizes up Billy the Kid and Jesse James, the two most infamous Old West outlaws

ALL THOSE IMPOSTORS

A GRAVE LEGACY • Even in death legendary Westerners were dogged by a sordid collection of grave robbers, relic hunters, politicians and lawyers

A CRAZY MYSTERY

THE WESTERN BELLE WHO NEVER WAS • Belle Siddons was a debutante and Confederate spy who landed in a St. Louis prison before making her mark in Deadwood under assumed names—or was she?

WATCHDOGS of the CHEYENNE • Staking themselves literally and figuratively to their traditional grounds, the Dog Men resisted encroachment on the Plains almost to the last man

DOG MEN OR DOG SOLDIERS?

NANA’S VENGEANCE RIDE • Seeking retribution for Victorio’s death, the aged but able Chihenne warrior led Apache raiders on a five-week, 1,000-mile rampage across New Mexico Territory

BRIDGER IN BRONZE • Sculptors Ott Jones and David Alan Clark depict the iconic mountain man Jim Bridger in exquisite, historically correct detail

OTHER MOUNTAIN MaN SCULPTURES

A GEM IN SOUTHERN WYOMING • THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT MUSEUM BOASTS BUILDINGS FROM THE REGION’S RESPECTIVE MINING, TIMBER AND RANCHING HEYDAYS

EMILIO KOSTERLITZKY’S ROLLING BLOCK • THIS REMINGTON RIFLE BELONGED TO THE RUSSIAN-BORN ADVENTURER WHO WENT WEST AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE ‘MEXICAN COSSACK’

MONTOYA, NEW MEXICO • THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD GAVE RISE TO THE TOWN, AND ROUTE 66 SAW IT THROUGH ITS HEYDAY—UNTIL BYPASSED BY I-40

NO GHOST RANCH

MUST SEE, MUST READ • CANDY MOULTON EXPLORES BOOKS AND FILMS ABOUT WYOMING

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