b"SOILED DOVES & HOGTOWN HUSSIESDEATH ON THE LINEWyatt Earp arrived in Tombstone with his second wife, Mattie,who he later abandoned for the live-in girlfriend of Johnny Behan. Mattie returned to her former profession as a soiled dove and ended up in Pinal, Arizona, where she took an overdose of laudanum onJuly 3, 1888, per her grave marker. Before she died she confessed, Wyatt Earp ruined my life!This photo was taken by the legendary photographer Camillus S. Fly during the time Mattie Earp livedin Tombstone (1879-1882) and bears a strong resemblance to her, although there is no confirmationthat this is Mattie.table of contentsDID BIG NOSE KATE HAVE A BIG NOSE? from the PublisherOctober 2022One of the enduring mysteries of Old West history is where did Doc Hollidays girlfriend, Kate Elder (real name Mary Katherine Haroney)ARE YOU THE KIND OFget her nickname? Some say she got it because 5Ask the Vet: Toxic Plants she couldnt keep her nose out of other peoplesPERSON YOU WANT TO BE?business (she was nosey). The earliest mentionYou might say that question is easy, I am who I am as 9Lee Anderson: Did You Know, of the nickname is found in Wyatt Earps articlePopeye used to say. Of course, Im the kind of person I in the San Francisco Examiner, August 2, 1896,want to be or I would change. Hold the phone a minute. Wyatt Earp In the Old West. How Wyatt Earp Routed a Gang of ArizonaThe other day Joe sent me a video of a story about a Outlaws. In the article its plain that Wyatt had6-year-old boy who has lived a nightmare thus far in his 9 10The Arizona Duuude: Spirit of thelife. At four years old he lost his dad and then last month Mary K. Cummings,no use for Kate and the feeling was mutual. But Ruined My Life age 80, in 1930heres the rub: no contemporary documenthis mom died unexpectedly in her sleep. The boy went to Old West Lives On19 orwake his mom up. He tried and tried but she would not newspaper item has been found that described her as Big Nose Kate. Mattie Earp Many historians have made the case that in the photographs of herwake. His aunt became his legal guardian and this boy told his aunt that he was 13John Samsill: From the Back of the Box sick and tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. That was the beginning of a truly in old age, she doesnt appear to have a big proboscis But if you lookremarkable thing. This 6-year-old had a plan. He asked his aunt to buy a bunch of closely, that is not a button nose. At this late date, the verdict is stilllittle toys like the stuff you get at the Dollar Store, including little dinosaurs, trucks, 14 Cowgirl With A Pen: Why My Childhood rubber duckies, and the like, so he could take them downtown to the street to out, but if push comes to shove, we think you could make a good case KATE EDLER that she, indeed, had a big honker. giveaway. He would find people, who were not smiling, walk up to them and give Was the Bestthem one of the toys. Many asked why give this to me and he said I just want you to smile. In the video sent to me every person this boy gave a toy to walked away 17Randy Miller: Your Constitutional Rights smiling. He moved people to happiness. He said that he was sad his mom died, but THE WILD BUNCH DARLING everyone dies, so we might as well have a smile until then and he was going to help 1996.3 Real Country Upcoming Concerts people in his town attain that smile.Etta Place, the beautiful girlfriend of the Sundance Kid, followed the Kid 20 Running the Race: Walk by Faith Who in your life has made an impact on yours in a positive way? I and Butch Cassidy to South America. She appeared in the famous Tea Party 24 Not by Sight have many but at the top of the list was my mom. She had more energy Excerpts from the forthcoming book, photo taken at Cholila, Argentina, but she disappeared sometime before Hellraisers & Trailblazers: The Real Women of The Wild West, the boys met their doom in Bolivia. Some accounts state that she was athan 20 people and would never say no. She always did for others, and by Jana Bommersbach and Bob Boze Bell schoolteacher, but most historians now believe she actually was working inalways had a positive attitude right up until two days before she passed 24AZ Road Trip: Dead Horse Ranch State Park away from cancer. I have a recording from three days before her death The book will premiere on November 4th at the Phippen ArtFannie Porters brothel in San Antonio when Harry Longabaugh met her in Museum in Prescott. You can preorder atTWMag.com about 1899. Even her exotic name, Etta, is now thought to have been a typoand we were talking about life and what some of her greatest joys had 26Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comic been. She was the one who gave me the passion for radio, yes she had her own on a Pinkerton rap sheet and perhaps a corruption of Ethyl. Either way, she 28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source 38 radio show way before I did on KOAK radio in Red Oak, Iowa. She had a column is now a legendary Old West character. ETTA PLACETrueWestMagazine.com in the local newspaper as well and she wrote several books that were published. She was a pilot and loved to take my dad flying. She also had notes and thoughts in files 32DIY: Add Some Fall Flair to Your Home that I have not gone through yet but will one day and maybe write a book about her. She was the one who encouraged me to purchase KSWG 96.3 Real Country 34NEW! Cowboy Wisdom: Anything is Possible and I am thankful every day for that advice and her. She never was rich as far as the accumulation of money but lived a very comfortable debt-free life. Her riches 374-H: Outreach With A Telescope came from her family, friends, and the ideas that she ran with so that she could help others. She was a giver and an idea person that worked at life always with a smile.38Bob Boze Bell: True West MomentsThis magazine Arizona Real Country has a story behind it as well. 39 News from Copper State Peruvian Horse Club It started with someone calling me wanting to sell their magazine and me saying, no one reads anymore. That was a stupid comment 40 96.3 Country Cookin: Reba McEntire right, because here you are reading this. Since we purchased the magazine readership has increased by over 2,000 percent and 44Bill Roberts: Skull Valleys Earliest Settlers advertising has done the same. The decision to buy that magazine and turn it into Arizona Real Country Magazine happened in a pickup as we were checking cows at my father-in-laws ranch in Nebraska. It seemed like every time we 46Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olsons Collectors Corner: were out working, just the two of us, he wanted to talk about business. The topic of a Cowboy Spurs 44 magazine to buy came up and that interested him. Over the course of the next three days that we worked together, and YES it was work, my hands, my back, and clothes told the story. He acquainted me with a shovel to dig with, not a tractor. I was 49A View of the Zoo: Wildlife World Zoo, digging pads for a new windmill that we were going to put up. I dug so deep I think I got a glimpse of China. He told story after story about taking something small and Aquarium and Safari Parks Giraffe Jam 5K! building upon it. His ranch started out small and would have remained that way had he not stepped up, prayed about it, and taken some chances. His ranch would 51Justin Legler: Is That Fall In The Air, have been deep in debt if he had not worked, given, learned, saved, and invested so that everything including the ranch was debt-free. Notice something I said and that Little Sun Burnt, Yes Your Majesty is he gave. I overheard a conversation one day after he passed away. Someone said that he donated and gave too much away. When you heard him tell the story, it was 53Charity of the Month: Volunteer at the his giving that blessed him tenfold. He said to take every opportunity that comes your way to prayer and then do what it is you were told to do.2023 Super BowlHow many people these days are in a slump, unhappy, and 40 54Alan Rockman: Bill PickettAmerican worrying about something that they have no control over or that might never happen? If youre waiting to win the lottery Cowboy Hero, Part 2 or an inheritance, stop dreaming and start building your own American Dream. My saying from the age of ten came from a bunch of two-letter words, if it is to 57A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: be it is up to me. How many people say it cant be done or there are not enough hours in the day to get it done? Hmmm, we all have the same hours in a day but Mickey Rooney Jr. 46 some produce more results with the same amount of time. You will never drive through McDonalds and get a fifteen-cent hamburger ever again as you did in the 59Arena Directory 60s. You will never buy a piece of land for the price that it was in the 70s but didnt they say that in the 70s that buying land was cheaper in the 50s? You will never be 63 October Events Around the State able to say look what I built until you start building yourself. Some people have excuses why it cant be done and if you keep making excuses you will keep getting 64 Taking Care of Business: what you're getting. Ask yourself are you a divider or a subtractor OR are you a MULTIPLIER? Take the 6-year-old boys story to heart and see what you can do with his inspiration. Its time to get your life and the people around you to where Special Advertiser Section ever it is you all want to go. If its nowhere, youll get there. However if you want more dont make the excuse, it just cant be done these days. IT CAN BE DONE, 66 Advertiser Index IT JUST NEEDS YOU TO DO IT!67Classified Ads57 68October 2022 Equine Mike Barna, Publisher Event Calendar 63 ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 October 2022"