True West - July - August 2024

In this issue

Doc Holliday Before He Went To Tombstone
New Evidence of the Gambler's Life in Prescott
PLUS:
Catching a Killer: How Lawman Bill Tilghman Became a Legend
Sooner State Outlaws: When the Rails Ran Red in Oklahoma
The Ultimate Summer Guide to the Best Western Books
Take a Ride into History on Our Favorite Heritage Railroads

Where Did the Loot Go? - This is one of those find the money stories. And it's one that has attracted treasure hunters for more than 150 years.

Whatever happened to the $97,000 from the Reno Gang's last heist? Up to a dozen members of the Reno Gang stopped a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis train at a watering station in southern Indiana. The outlaws had prior intelligence about its main load: express car safes held about $97,000 in government bonds and notes. In the process of the job, one of the crew was killed and two others hurt. The gang made a clean getaway with the loot.

2 mins

She Means Business!

An energetic and ambitious woman has come to Lincoln, New Mexico, to restore the town's legendary Ellis Store.

2 mins

Firearms With a Storied Past

Rock Island gavels off high profits from historic firearms.

2 mins

Spencer's West

After the Civil War, savvy frontiersmen chose the Spencer repeating carbine.

4 mins

DOC HOLLIDAY BEFORE HE WENT TO TOMBSTONE

NEW EVIDENCE OF HIS LIFE IN PRESCOTT REVEALS THE GAMBLER WAS ON THE MOVE BACK AND FORTH TO NEW MEXICO BEFORE JOINING THE EARPS IN COCHISE COUNTY.

10 mins

RENEGADES OF THE RAILS

RAILROADS WERE OPEN SEASON FOR OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY OUTLAW GANGS.

6 mins

Hero of Horsepower - Los Angeles lawman William Hammel tamed one of the West's wildest towns with hard work and horseless carriages.

Los Angeles lawman William Hammel tamed one of the West's wildest towns with hard work and horseless carriages.

7 mins

CATCHING A KILLER

HOW BILL TILGHMAN'S HUNT FOR OUTLAW BILL DOOLIN MADE THE OKLAHOMA LAWMAN A LEGEND.

5 mins

COLLECTING AMERICAN OUTLAWS

Wilbur Zink has preserved the Younger Gang's history in more ways than one.

3 mins

From the Basin to the Plains

Discover Wyoming on a road trip to Cody, Casper and Cheyenne.

4 mins

Saddle Up with a Western

Old West fiction and nonfiction are the perfect genres to fill your summer reading list.

7 mins

Ride that Train!

HERITAGE RAILROADS KEEP THE OLD WEST ALIVE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

5 mins

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True West Magazine Description:

TRUE WEST captures the history of the American frontier through authentic and provocative literary nonfiction and heritage travel narratives that keep the spirit of the West alive.