A smiling man wearing a cowboy hat and a white shirt stands in front of a colorful background.

Dave Lauterborn

David Lauterborn is the former editor of the award-winning magazines Wild West and Military History. He and wife Jill hail from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the original “gateway to the West” for Corps of Discovery co-captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

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Vintage promotional illustration for Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows, circa 1900

Pop culture portrayals obscure a much more complex story.