EDITORS WELCOME
ABOUT THE ISSUE: If you love the American frontier and the Old West, you’ll also love Tom Simonton, the man who created this issue’s cover art. A modern-day mountain man living in rural Oklahoma, Simonton is a painter extraordinaire and he has devoted much of his life to putting oil on canvas to depict frontiersmen, cowboys and other figures of the era. Spending time as a child on his great-grandfather’s cattle ranch helped start Tom’s journey, which has led to being featured at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. You’ve already glimpsed some of Tom’s art on the cover. Don’t miss seeing even more, along with the story of his life and art, starting on page 8. While some people paint the American frontier, others live it. And author Donald Wade Davis…