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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Wild West • APRIL 2021 / VOL. 33, NO. 6

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EVENTS OF THE WEST • Note: Due to the coronavirus shutdown, some events may be canceled or delayed

TRAILING A TRAILBLAZER • JERRY ENZLER DELVED INTO ARCHIVES NATIONWIDE TO WRITE THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF JIM BRIDGER

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WYATT EARP’S LAST SHOWDOWN • IN 1910 THE FAMED LAWMAN HEADED A GROUP OF ‘CLAIM JUMPERS’ AMID AN ARMED CONFRONTATION IN CALIFORNIA’S REMOTE SEARLES VALLEY

THE ‘BLOOMER GIRL’ • IN 1858 FREE-SPIRITED JULIA ARCHIBALD HOLMES BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO SUMMIT PIKES PEAK

LONE STAR SALOONS • WHILE MOST CAME AND WENT, THESE 10 TEXAS WATERING HOLES MADE HISTORY

CASTING LIGHT ON THE WEST • FROM HIS STUDIO IN SOUTHERN UTAH JERRY ANDERSON HAS LONG RENDERED AWARD-WINNING SCULPTURES

DID BLACK KETTLE’S WIFE SURVIVE? • MEDICINE WOMAN LATER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED AT THE WASHITA WITH HER CHEYENNE HUSBAND—BUT THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY

STYLE • We wrangle the wild ’n’ woolly award-winning rodeo posters of Western artist Bob Coronato

DAMAGE CONTROL • When violence surged in Tombstone, Dodge City and other Western towns, authorities enacted local ordinances to prohibit the carrying of firearms

GUN LAW & ORDER

TRAILING WESTERN HISTORY • This intrepid photographer took it upon himself to trek and capture all 19 national historic trails

LITTLE INDIAN WAR GOES BIG • What appeared just another police action against off-reservation Indians quickly flared into the dramatic and costly 1872–73 Modoc War

KING OF THE TULARES • James Savage, who lived among the Yokuts and Miwoks in California’s San Joaquin Valley, has been both praised and vilified

A VOICE FOR THE YUKIS • Edward Dillon, a 6th U.S. Cavalry second lieutenant and humanist, did his best to champion these put-upon California Indians

NO PRESCRIPTION FOR GOLD FEVER • Doctors amid the squalor of California Gold Rush camps were busy enough battling unsanitary conditions and daunting diseases

MORE THAN HORSEPLAY AT THE HUBBARD • HORSE LOVERS ENJOY THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM, BUT SO DO THOSE ENAMORED WITH ARTS, ARTIFACTS AND SOUTHWESTERN HISTORY

A PEACEKEEPER AND HIS PEACEMAKER • PISTOL-PACKING JEFF MILTON SERVED AS A TEXAS RANGER, POLICE CHIEF, BORDER PATROLMAN AND MORE IN HIS HALF CENTURY AS A LAWMAN

TOTAL WRECK, ARIZONA • NEITHER THE ORIGINAL CLAIM NOR THE TOWN LIVED DOWN TO ITS NAME, BUT THE ORE RAN OUT JUST THE SAME

MUST SEE, MUST READ • WILL GORENFELD REVIEWS BOOKS THAT FEATURE DRAGOONS AND FILMS THAT MIGHT HAVE BUT DIDN’T

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