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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HISTORY. HERITAGE. CRAFT CULTURE. THE GREAT OUTDOORS. THE NATURE OF THE WEST.

Print the Legends

10 Interesting Westerners With Ties to Colorado

A Better Remembrance

WEST WORDS

Wounded Knee Relics

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

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Yellow Journalism

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Pueblo Pottery

Playing Indian

Ship of Gold

Following His Nose • IN HIS BIOGRAPHY OF ‘BIG NOSE GEORGE’ PAROTT AUTHOR MARK MILLER SEEKS TO DEMYTHOLOGIZE THE INFAMOUS WYOMING HIGHWAYMAN

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‘The Peerless’

The Not-So-Great CPR Train Robbery • THE TRIO OF AMATEURISH BANDITS DIDN’T WEAR MASKS OR HAVE AN ESCAPE PLAN, AND THREE LAWMEN WERE KILLED IN THE AFTERMATH

Sarah the Survivor • THIS HARDY TEXAS PIONEER WITNESSED THE DEATHS OF MANY A LOVED ONE AND ESCAPED CAPTIVITY BY COMANCHE RAIDERS

Photographer in Motion • IN 1902 COLORADO-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER HARRY BUCKWALTER TEAMED UP WITH FILMMAKER WILLIAM SELIG TO MAKE ‘REEL’ WESTERNS

Pranking the ‘Cowboy Artist’ • GARY LYNN ROBERTS PAYS HOMAGE TO CHARLES M. RUSSELL IN CHARLIE AND THE PRANKSTERS

TODAY IN HISTORY JANUARY 30, 1835

Ride ’em, Cheyennes! • WHEN THE CHEYENNE ACQUIRED HORSES IN THE 18TH CENTURY, THE CONNECTION TRANSFORMED THE TRIBE’S WAY OF LIFE

LILLY of the Field • ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PACK OF DEVOTED HOUNDS, BIG-GAME HUNTER BEN LILLY GUIDED FAMOUS CLIENTS AND COLLECTED BOUNTIES ON APEX PREDATORS

The Forgettable Alamo Frauds • WERE ‘UNCLE JIMMY’ CANNON AND LOUIS SCHILLING HARMLESS FIBBERS OR CALLOUS CON MEN TRAMPLING ON THE REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN HEROES?

Friend or Fraud?

The Lynching

Abilene’s Able but Short-lived Lawman • ‘BEAR RIVER TOM’ SMITH STOOD UP TO WYOMING TERRITORY VIGILANTES BEFORE EARNING HIS SPURS AS A KANSAS COW TOWN MARSHAL

Mackenzie’s Raid Into Mexico • WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESOLVED TO ADDRESS POSTWAR INDIAN RAIDS IN SOUTH TEXAS, COLONEL RANALD MACKENZIE GOT THE CALL

Mackenzie Encore

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A Senseless Murder at New York Bar • IN JULY 1882 TWO MEN ENTERED A CABIN ON WASHINGTON TERRITORY’S SNAKE RIVER AND BRUTALLY KILLED SHIPPING STATION AGENT ELI CUMMINS

Tracking the History of Mile-High Railroads • RIDGWAY, COLORADO, WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN, AND THE RIDGWAY RAILROAD MUSEUM CELEBRATES THAT FACT

Bullish on Bullards • THOUGH THESE SINGLE-SHOT AND REPEATING RIFLES WERE RENOWNED FOR THEIR QUALITY, THEY WERE ONLY EVER PRODUCED IN SMALL NUMBERS

Keystone, Montana • THE MINING TOWN WENT THROUGH SEVERAL NAME CHANGES, AND AMID PROHIBITION ONE WILY ENTREPRENEUR FOUND COPPER INDISPENSABLE

Must See, Must Read • COLORADO NATIVE LINDA WOMMACK’S TOP BOOKS AND FILMS

The Man Who Helped Collar the Kid

All Sides of Colorado’s Indian Wars

Sizing up Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill

THE LINCOLN FORUM

Riding Like Girls—Try to Keep Up

With Sympathies to Billy the Kid

Lamar Valley, Yellowstone