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Here's the link to my June 2013 True West article, "Guarding Custer's Guidon http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/history/history/history-features/5545-guarding-custers-guidon

If it didn't come from the battlefield where do you think it came from?

Check out my story on Jim Hatzell's work on films throughout the years from Dances With Wolves to the current TV show Hoarders. If you're making a Western you want Hatzell on your team. This is a photo from Dances with Wolves - Markley on the left and Hatzell on the right.…

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Check out my Wall Drug Artwork story in the October 2011 Issue of True West Magazine. It was a fun story to write. Make sure you click on the image to view additional images of Wall Drug's artwork.

http://www.truewestmagazine.com/jcontent/living-the-dream/living-the-dream/collectibles/4325-wall-drug-of-south-dakota

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If you have been unable to find a copy of the November/December 2009 issue of True West Magazine with my article "All Roads Lead to Chaco Canyon", you can read it on-line at http://www.truewestmagazine.com/stories/all_roads_lead_to_chaco_canyon/1330/

After you’ve read “Wagon Train Rediscover’s America” in True West’s April 2009 issue, let me know how you like it, and if you have any questions I’d be glad to try to answer them. 300 people on horseback and in wagons journeyed 17 days from Fort Pierre to Deadwood, South Dakota, during August 2008. We followed the old Fort Pierre to Deadwood Trail as close as possible. It was a memorable event.