Ben Traywick News Today

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Old West history knows no boundaries. The passion for gunplay is global in scope. Take Italy. In the 1960s, “Pasta Land” developed its own film industry. They churned out countless

Now and again, I get asked questions about the legendary saga of the "Missing Thunderbird Photograph." Legends of America

The Baron, the Cow-boys and the Trail Boss James Addison Reavis’s life as a charlatan in the Arizona Territory was dramatized in the Vincent Price Western, The Baron of Arizona (1950). Poster courtesy Lippert Pictures I’ve read more than one article (including items from your books) about James Addison Reavis, the so-called “Baron of Arizona.” Which side did he fight on during the Civil War?  Mark Manning Mesa, Arizona Reavis first joined the Confederate Army in Missouri. He was runnin...