Introduction / John Jakes -- "Hurrah for Capt. Early" / Elmore Leonard -- To challenge a legend / Albert Butler -- Wildfire / Marianne Willman -- The death(s) of Billy the kid / Arthur Winfield Knight -- The burial of Letty Strayhorn / Elmer Kelton -- The day of the rain / Teddy Keller -- Sweet revenge / Judy Alter -- Yearlings / Jim Marion Etter -- Bloody Badge, bloody gun / Robert Gleason -- Half a day from water / Gordon D. Shirreffs -- We'll kill the old red rooster when she comes / R.C. House -- From our special correspondent / Dale L. Walker -- The wedding dress / Win Blevins -- More silent than the male / Riley Froh -- The leave-taking / Ruth Willett Lanza -- A two-gun man / Joyce Roach -- Reunion / Lenore Carroll -- Spring comes to the widow / John D. Nesbitt -- Iron Heart's story / Loren D. Estleman -- Frontier birds / Linda Sparks -- Long ride back / Ed Gorman -- Making history / Sally Zanjani -- Manitow and Ironhand / John Jakes.