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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TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY • SOUTH DAKOTA AUTHOR BILL MARKLEY FINDS SUCCESS WITH A DUAL-FACETED APPROACH TO WESTERN HISTORY

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THEY CALLED HIM ‘TEX’

SHOOTING IN NINE MILE CANYON • IN 1901 IRATE STAGE DRIVER DAVE RUSSELL KILLED PETE FRANCIS AT THE LATTER’S SALOON IN THIS NORTHEAST UTAH GORGE

THE WYOMING WOMAN HOMESTEADER • ELINORE PRUITT STEWART DREAMED OF OWNING HER OWN LAND, DID SO, WROTE ABOUT IT AND MADE HER MARK ON WESTERN HISTORY

THE BIRTH OF ‘BONANZA FARMS’ • IN THE 1870S THE BANKRUPT NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD SWAPPED OUTSTANDING BONDS FOR VAST TRACTS ALONG ITS RAILS

JOSEPH IN BRONZE • A LOOK AT THE WORKS OF THREE SCULPTORS WHO HAVE DEPICTED THE FAMED NEZ PERCE CHIEF

FINE-FEATHERED CROWS • WOMEN OF THE WARRIOR TRIBE MADE STYLISH CLOTHING FOR THEIR OWN AND SOLD SOME TO OTHER PLAINS INDIANS

STYLE • We marvel at the detailed figurative paintings of artist Z. S. Liang and check out one-of-a-kind artifacts at Cisco’s Gallery in Idaho

‘TEXAS JACK’ TAKES AN ENCORE • Buffalo Bill Cody’s vision of the Wild West centered on the heroic cowboy, and John Baker Omohundro proved he was just that before his untimely death

DANIEL BOONE… THE MISSOURIAN? • The iconic frontiersman’s connections with Kentucky run deep, but he spent his last decades west of the Mississippi

GOLD RUSH GUNFIGHTER • Ben Marshall, among the most notorious gunmen in early California, got his start on the right side of the law in Murphy’s Camp in 1850

PLEASE DON’T SHOOT THE BARTENDER • The men who poured drinks in Old West saloons also served as bouncers, arbitrators, stakeholders and trusted confidants

BOXING, BURLESQUE, BRIDLES AND BORDELLOS • A look at the life and times of Mollie Berdan, who in early 1880s Idaho Territory was a popular soiled dove known as Mollie B’Damn

CENTER STAGE IN VIRGINIACITY • In the Nevada mining boomtown Piper’s Opera House offered an entertainment experience like no other

PRESENTING THE PANHANDLE • TEXAS’ HUTCHINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM CHRONICLES ALL FROM THE ANTELOPE CREEK PEOPLE TO THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

DRAGOONS FOR DRAGOONS • BY THE ONSET OF THE CIVIL WAR MOST U.S. MOUNTED TROOPS WERE TOTING OVERSIZED COLT DRAGOON REVOLVERS

FAIRBANK, ARIZONA • FIRST SETTLED IN 1881, THE RAIL HUB THRIVED BECAUSE IT WAS THE CLOSEST STOP TO BOOMING TOMBSTONE, 7 MILES TO THE EAST

MUST SEE, MUST READ • JOHN BOESSENECKER PICKS CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH BOOKS AND FILMS

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