Of Outlaws, Prostitutes, and Pioneers: My Encounter with the Wild West

Originally posted on a hundred affections:

Being from the East Coast, there���s a whole lot of history from the West that is fascinating to me; our trip to Nevada and California only intrigued me even more. I���m sure my ideas of the Wild West are a bit glamorized (think ���Bobby Brady���s fetish with Jesse James���), but I admit, it still holds this magnetic draw on me. Maybe it was seeing Dances with Wolves as a teenager���I wanted to be like Stands-With-Fist, too!

My husband is a western-mo...