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How successful were traveling entertainers in the Old West?

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Published March 13, 2012
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The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century development?

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Published March 13, 2012
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In the opening scene of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the title character says, “Stand and deliver!“ That phrase seems appropriate for the previous century, not an 1800s stagecoach robber. What do you think?

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Published January 10, 2012
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Did Arizona ever list train robbery as a capital offense?

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Published March 13, 2012
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What can you tell me about the LeMat revolver?

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Published January 10, 2012
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Is it true that the posse that gunned down Joaquin Murrieta and Three Finger Jack put Murrieta’s head and Jack’s hand in pickled jars to collect the reward, and that these “proofs” were later put on display?

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Published January 10, 2012
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On the frontier, did people break as much glass as we see in Western films?

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Published January 10, 2012
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What is the meaning of “I’m your huckleberry,” said by Doc Holliday in the 1993 movie Tombstone?

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Published January 10, 2012
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A fair amount is known about Doc Holliday’s girlfriend, Big Nose Kate, yet is anything known about her younger sister?

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Published January 10, 2012
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True West captures the spirit of the American West with authenticity, personality and humor by linking our history to our present. Whether you call it the Wild West, the Old West or the Far West, America's frontier history comes to life in True West, the world's oldest, continuously published Western Americana magazine.

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