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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7 Fascinating Figures of the Klondike Gold Rush

Dante’s Paradise • MICHAEL DANTE, A BIG-AND SMALL-SCREEN ACTOR FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF WESTERNS, NOW WRITES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD, HISTORY AND THE WEST

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Flower of the North

Wyatt Earp’s Wrangles in Wrangell • THE LEGENDARY LAWMAN’S KEY TO SURVIVAL IN GOLD RUSH ALASKA WAS TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE

Feisty Five-Footer Fannie Quigley • THE LITTLE CZECH IMMIGRANT MADE A LIVING AND INSPIRED A FEW LEGENDS WHILE COOKING AND MINING IN ALASKA AND YUKON TERRITORY

Preserving the West With ‘More Paint’ • UTAH’S RICK KENNINGTON MIXES TECHNIQUES TO BRING ALIVE THE ICONIC FIGURES AND LANDSCAPES OF THE AMERICAN WEST

White Bull’s Warpath • THE LAKOTA WARRIOR MARKED A DECADE-PLUS STRING OF VICTORIES, BUT HIS CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED GEORGE CUSTER IS SUBJECT TO DEBATE

The Klondike! • AN 1896 GOLD STRIKE ALONG THE NAMESAKE RIVER IN NORTHWESTERN CANADA BROUGHT A FLOOD OF CHARACTERS WHO SURVIVE IN THE WRITTEN WORKS OF JACK LONDON AND OTHERS

Dynamite Johnny

The Yellow Jacket Firestorm • AFTER DOZENS OF MINERS PERISHED IN NEVADA’S GOLD HILL SHAFTS, RUMORS OF FOUL PLAY ENGULFED SUPERINTENDENT JOHN P. JONES

Ignominious Journey Into Empire • AN 1841 EXPEDITION TO ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER NEW MEXICO FAILED DISASTROUSLY, HELPING DOOM THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AND THE POLITICAL ASCENT OF ITS SECOND PRESIDENT

Gunplay in Another Lincoln County • THE CASE OF ONE PATRICK CLEARY OUT OF KANSAS FEATURED A DEADLY SHOOTING, A MURDER CONVICTION, A HUNG JURY AND A JAILBREAK—AND THAT’S ONLY HALF THE STORY

Requiem for a Forgotten Cow Town • THE WEST TEXAS TOWN OF COLORADO CITY, WHICH BOOMED IN THE 1880s THANKS TO THE RAILROAD AND ABUNDANT WATER, WAS NO STRANGER TO VIOLENCE

Then and Now on a Western Ranch • LIFE ON WYOMING’S WAGONHOUND, AS CAPTURED IN AN AWARD-WINNING RECENT BOOK, HAS CHANGED SURPRISINGLY LITTLE SINCE THE DAYS OF THE OLD WEST

Have Smoothbore—Will Travel • THE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1842 SERVED IN THE ANTEBELLUM U.S. ARMY, SAW USE BY BOTH SIDES IN THE CIVIL WAR AND SPREAD WEST, SOUTH OF THE BORDER AND OVERSEAS AS POSTWAR SURPLUS

Gold Hill, Nevada • NAMED FOR AN IMMENSE QUARTZ OUTCROP LACED WITH GOLD, GOLD HILL ACTUALLY PROFITED MORE FROM SILVER ORE

Must See, Must Read • MIKE COPPOCK’S FAVORITE BOOKS AND FILMS TIED TO THE KLONDIKE

Alaska’s Inside Passage