Book Review: Here Lies Billy the Kid
David Turk plumbs the life of Billy the Kid, from his mysterious origins to the fight over his remains
Book Review: Massacre in Minnesota
Gary Clayton Anderson shares a new perspective on the roots of the 1862 Dakota War
August 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about the 1885 Frog Lake Massacre, guns of the Johnson County War, the prairie, bison and Theodore Roosevelt
Shooting Texas: The Swartz Brothers
The Swartz brothers, the Lone Star State’s first family of photographers, proved their worth in Fort Worth
Book Review: Billy the Kid & Jesse James
Bill Markley's second volume in TwoDot's Legendary West series is an odd pairing but a worthwhile read
Johnny D. Boggs: He’s Earned His Spurs
The ever prolific Western writer has received a lifetime nod from Western Writers of America
Letter From Wild West — August 2020
In our August 2020 cover story we consider 13 rough-and-tumble towns of the Wild West era
Mian Situ: Far East to Far West
Born in southern China, the California artist chronicles the Chinese experience in the American West
Freeda Hartzell: That Other ‘Champion Rifle Shot of the World’
Among those to follow in Annie Oakley's footsteps was trick-shooting prodigy Freeda Hartzell.
George Custer and the ‘Other’ 7th Cavalry
Before George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry made its mark out West, the 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was busy battling Plains Indians.
Law and Some Disorder in the Old West
Most Old West lawmen did laudable duty, some even became famous—but a few others stood out by working both sides of the law
Book Review: Tombstone
Tom Clavin completes an entertaining trilogy with this treatment of Tombstone, the Earps and the Cowboys
Charles Flinn: The Brutal Murderer Known as ‘Mortimer’
Sentenced to hang, a brutal California stalker and murderer known as ‘Mortimer’ inspired a rescue attempt, confessed to a conspiracy and feigned insanity
The ‘Most Daring Train Robbery’ at Mound Valley
Kansas' ‘Billy the Kid’ Chadburn teamed up with two other fugitives to ‘turn a trick’ that would bring them cash—and likely more notoriety than they wanted
Death and Honor on Bloody Island
This onetime sandbar in the Mississippi River off St. Louis was the scene of duels between "gentlemen."
