Marshall Trimble, Arizona's official historian and the beloved, now-retired writer of Ask The Marshall, has shared countless stories over the years. We asked him to select a handful of his favorites to feature in 2025. This collection showcases some of his top picks.
What are your thoughts on Stuart Lake's book Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshal? Josh Taylor Austin, TX Much of Lake's book comes from the fertile mind of Lake, but to his credit, it made a Western legend out of Wyatt. Lake also had to deal with Sadie Earp, who was a constant thorn in his side while he was writing Frontier Marshal. She was hell-bent on making Wyatt a legend, forbidding Lake from writing anything about his jaded past (or her own shady story). He also had a difficult job in interviewing Wyatt, who left him to fill in many of the missing parts of his life. So, Lake had to be creative.
Old West books indicate that there were two main reasons why cattle didn't eat on pastures where sheep had passed: one, because sheep ate the grass to the roots, leaving nothing of it to the cows; two, that the scent of the sheep kept cattle away and prevented the cows from eating any grass. Which one is the right one? Can both be true statements?
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この記事は True West の March-April 2025 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Three for the Road The Bird Cage, the Butterfield and the Bunch
Three Western legends receive their due, a biography of an outlaw, a new look at La Frontera and a new biography of a Great Plains river.
The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
Calamity Jane, Wild Bill and George Custer roamed the Black Hills.
Kris Kristofferson-A Texan at Oxford
The scholar, songwriter, pilot also acted in dozens of Westerns.
BLACK GOLD ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER
The land Spanish explorers called \"Colorado\" was an untamed wilderness in the mid-nineteenth century. Yet following close on the heels of western trailblazers came pioneers of a different sort determined to tame the Wild West.
Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
Marshall Trimble, Arizona's official historian and the beloved, now-retired writer of Ask The Marshall, has shared countless stories over the years.
FRONTIER COLOSSUS
A LOOK BACK AT THE LEGENDARY TEXAS COWBOY WHO TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
The Kindled Flame 1835
A LONG ROAD TO THE BATTLE AT THE ALAMO
King of the Scatterguns
The single best and most economical arm for hunting and defense in the Wild West was the double-barreled shotgun.
A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
A dedicated father/daughter team is restoring a historic New Mexico treasure.
The Bowie Knife
The Bowie knife is an iconic symbol of American toughness and independence. Yet, its true origins are often misunderstood.
