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FINISHED
WORKING ON
THE RAILROAD
The “Last Spike” in Utah completed the world’s
first transcontinental railroad 150 years ago70
NO PEACE
FOR OLD MEN
By John Koster
Sioux Chief Lone Horn and others worked for
peace among the tribes, but it would not last
JUNE 2019 WILD WEST 34 EDITOR’S LETTER
8 LETTERS
10 ROUNDUP
16 INTERVIEW
By Johnny D. Boggs
Author Gregory Crouch digs deep into the
Comstock Lode and its biggest Bonanza King18 WESTERNERS
Red Fox James rode 3,784 miles to rally support for a national Indian Day20 GUNFIGHTERS AND LAWMEN
By Jay L. Warner
A mob in Globe, Arizona Territory, lynched two killers from their “Hanging Tree”22 PIONEERS AND SETTLERS
By John Koster
Little Bighorn casualty Lieutenant James Porter was twice “buried”—sans body24 WESTERN ENTERPRISE
By Ramon Vasconcellos
Wine makers once thrived on Olvera Street, early Los Angeles’ commercial hub26 ART OF THE WEST
By Johnny D. Boggs
When deafness hung up his spurs, Joe De Yong became Charlie Russell’s protégé28 INDIAN LIFE
By John Koster
Oglala Lakota Low Dog gave Lt. Col. George Custer high marks for effort
at his Last Stand30 STYLE
Showcasing the great American West in art, film, fashion and more76 COLLECTIONS
By Linda Wommack
The Old Montana Prison in Deer Lodge is fearsome fun for the whole family78 GUNS OF THE WEST
By George Layman
Remington’s double-barreled derringer was no shot in the dark
—it remained in production nearly 70 years80 GHOST TOWNS
By Lazelle Jones
Bartonsite, a planned west Texas railroad community,
had all but disappeared by 192182 REVIEWS
Author and former National Park Service historian and superintendent Paul L.
Hedren explores Indian wars books and movies. Plus, reviews of recent books88 GO WEST
The Custer House and its ghosts live on at North Dakota’s
Fort Abraham LincolnON THE COVER
Photographer Andrew J. Russell captured his oft-published East and West Shaking
Hands at Laying Last Rail (aka the “Champagne Photo”) on completion of the world’s
first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, on May 10, 1869.
(Cover image: Oakland Museum of California; colorization by Brian Walker)DEPARTMENTS10