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Pg… 4 A Note from the Editor
Pg… 6 The Living Spirit of the Wild West The frontier is dead, but the proud self–image lingers on
Pg… 8 How the West Was Won? and Lost A visual and anecdotal saga, from the Louisiana Purchase through James Watt
Pg… 38 The Wild West Will Never Die But it sure is getting harder to find BY TONY HILLERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM ALBERT ALLARD
Pg… 50 The Man with the Badge In the bad old days, a sheriff could get away with murder BY NAOMI CUTNER PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAY DICKMAN
Pg… 60 Gunsmoke and Mirrors The western movie: capitalist tool BY RICHARD SLOTKIN
Pg… 70 One Hundred Years of Solitude Medicine man Arvol Looking Horse believes a spiritual reawakening is at hand BY STEVE MARSH PHOTOGRAPHY BY KENNETH JARECKE
Pg… 76 True Grit Let us now praise western women, past and present BY MELISSA STANTON PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE MCNALLY
Pg… 88 Just One More : COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM ALBERT ALLARD