I love your magazine. The October 2008 issue was one of the best.

Rodney Arthur Horse Miller
San Marcos, Calif.

The editor responds: You are correct. Black Bart researcher Ralph A. Clark says that regardless of who shot the stage robber, the events following the holdup are undisputed. “In an incident worthy of an episode of CSI,” Clark explains, “Charles E. Boles would be apprehended in San Francisco nine days after the Funk Hill incident, famously tracked down because of a laundry mark on a handkerchief found inside the valise left at the scene of the crime.”

Infernal Caverns
I enjoyed reading Gregory Michno’s fine article [“Crook at the Infernal Caverns”] on the Battle of Infernal Caverns in the October 2008 issue. I had occasion to visit the Infernal Caverns outside of Alturas, Calif., a couple of years ago with my beloved and intrepid lady companion, Eleanor, and what an experience it was. Stickers everywhere, and hardened clay potholes and plenty of mosquitoes. We only got halfway up the hill to the caverns and then had to quit. So my advice to anyone visiting the Infernal Caverns: Wear heavy boots and bring plenty of insect repellent. But it is worth the trip, out there in the unadulterated boondocks with no commercial distractions.

Daniel Woodhead III
San Francisco

Finding Inspiration
I’m just a simple cowgirl who has read your magazine since 1997 and has kept every issue. I woke up one morning with a screenplay in my head, and it’s been like a waterfall ever since, thanks to Wild West. I use it as a reference for my Westerns.

Louisa Allyn
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif.

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