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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MILKING A LEGEND

TOP 10 CRIMINAL COWBOYS

WINNING WOMMACK

FENN’S CACHE FOUND

WEST WORDS

‘OH, GOD, FORGIVE ME MY SINS…. IS MY SOUL PREPARED TO MEET MY DEAR ONES? MY JAWS ARE STIFF. THIS IS A HORRIBLE DEATH TO DIE’

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EVENTS OF THE WEST

ABOUT AN AMERICAN DISRUPTOR • ROLAND DE WOLK TACKLES THE LIFE, TIMES AND SCANDALS OF LELAND STANFORD, ONE OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD’S ‘BIG FOUR’

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HUNTING BUDDIES

THE TERRIBLE McWATERS • THE MISSOURI-BORN CIVIL WAR BUSHWHACKER EARNED HIS POSTWAR NICKNAME BY TERRORIZING MIDWESTERNERS FOR A DECADE

STAMPEDES! • ONE INVOLVED HORSES, THE OTHER LONGHORNS, BUT AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, THEY HAPPENED AT EXACTLY THE SAME TEXAS LOCALE

HE MINED THE GOLD MINERS • JACK LANGRISHE BOUNCED BETWEEN FRONTIER BOOMTOWNS TO PRESENT SHAKESPEARE AND HIS OWN PLAYFUL PRODUCTIONS

MORE THAN JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE • WESTERN ARTIST KODY BUNDY CONNECTS WITH HORSES AND WILDLIFE IN HER CHOSEN MEDIUM—SCRATCHBOARD

IF THESE BONES COULD TALK • BONE BREASTPLATES FLOURISHED AMONG THE PLAINS TRIBES IN THE 1880S, THOUGH NONE IS KNOWN TO HAVE DEFLECTED BULLETS

STYLE • We admire Don Crowley’s powerful paintings, Hopi weavers’ colorful handiwork and Doug Hyde’s beautiful bronzes

CLUSTERS OF EARPS • Members of the famed family often migrated to the same spots during their half century of adventures across the Midwest and West

FOR LOVE OF MONEY

CHECKING IN

THEY SHOOT COWBOYS, DON’T THEY? • The outlaw band known as the Cowboys operated freely in Arizona Territory—until the Earp brothers and a friend named ‘Doc’ called their bluff

NOT SUCH A GOOD DIEHL

FROM THE GROUND UP • Oscar Devereaux Micheaux parlayed his experiences as a pioneering South Dakota homesteader to become the father of black American cinema

TWO OTHER MANLY WESTERN PLEASURES • Alongside the more notorious Old West amusements, billiards and bowling captured men’s attention and money

DEATH AND THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY • The members of Lewis and Clark’s expedition led varied, interesting lives, but details of their respective deaths and burial sites are mixed

GRAVE MATTERS

OTHER CORPS DEATHS

601 REASONS NOT TO SET FIRES • When arsonists targeted Virginia City, Nevada, in early 1871, the 601 Vigilance Committee took decisive action

BEHIND THE 601

PRISON BREAK

JESSE JAMES DIED HERE • VISITORS TO THIS ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, HOME CAN STAND WHERE THAT COWARD BOB FORD GUNNED DOWN THE INFAMOUS OUTLAW

WHEN EACH SHOT COUNTED • ANNIE OAKLEY AND OTHER NOTABLE SHARPSHOOTERS TRUSTED STEVENS SINGLE-SHOT TARGET PISTOLS

HARQUAHALA, ARIZONA • AMONG THOSE WHO FLOCKED HERE IN SEARCH OF GOLD WERE MANY FORMER TOMBSTONE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING WYATT EARP

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