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BENNINGTON — Gas prices are at a record high and Vermonters are feeling the pain at the pump.

Were any of the Earp women Prostitutes? Yes, you might say all of them dabble in the trade at one time or another.

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 running a small business forging his commanding officer’s signature on passes and selling them to his fe...

True West Magazine Jim Hoy’s highly personal biography of the Kansas Flint Hills, two new biographies of Butch Cassidy, Bill Neal’s autobiography and Deborah Swenson’s debut Western novel. From my earliest years, I remember my parents sharing with me their love of the American West and their app-reciation and knowledge of the West’s writers, artists, educators and filmmakers. I discovered quickly that I could travel great distances from North Hollywood, California, across the West through the pages of Western writers whose personal experiences and imaginations allowed me to saddle up ...

True West Magazine The Arizona deputy sheriff lived a double life as a highwayman, gang leader and train robber. For most of a decade, Burt Alvord was considered an upstanding lawman in Cochise County, but after he led his gang’s 1899 holdup of a Southern Pacific train, he became known as one of the Territory’s most notorious outlaws. – All Images and Bob Boze Bell Illustrations Courtesy True West Archives Unless Otherwise Noted – Burt Alvord wasn’t exactly a household name among Arizona’s notorious outlaws. They also said he wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. It was claim...