Articles concerning the West by Tony Richardson appearing in
magazines such as Pioneer West, Old West, Real West, Great West, and Frontier
Times.
Collection Number
NAU.MS.159
Language
English.
Repository
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department
Northern Arizona University
Cline Library
P.O. Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 523 3770
Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu
Biographical Note
Gladwell Toney Richardson was born September 4, 1903 at Alvarado, Texas, His father, S.I.
Richardson was a noted Navajo Indian trader who came to Arizona in 1896 when he was
eighteen. His mother was part Choctaw Indian. Her father was an officer in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Mr. Richardson's ancestors were Indian traders in Arizona and New Mexico. One great-great
uncle, Fred Smith, was first a mountain man, then a pack train trader among the Navajo until
killed in Navajo Canyon in l86l. Two great uncles followed him into Indian trading north of
Flagstaff, G.W. McAdams in 1877 and J.H. McAdams in 1896. Both were nephews of Smith. Then
his father became an Indian trader in 1896 and his two uncles after 1908. The
Smith-McAdams-Richardson combination were all famous traders.
In addition to operating Navajo trading posts, Mr. Richardson's father owned ranches in
Arizona and Oklahoma. It was on these ranches that Gladwell learned cowboying. And he
learned Indian trading in the posts, having managed the Houck trading post when he was
seventeen years old, then Pine Springs north of present U.S. 40. Mr. Richardson did three
years in the Navy, returned home, married, and went back to school part of the time.
Thereafter, he ran a number of Navajo trading posts, and he began his writing career on
the store counter at Shonto trading post in 1925, although he submitted nothing to editors
until the following year. His first sales were sea stories (fiction), placed with Street
& Smith's SEA STORIES magazine. Since the sale of his first story, Richardson has sold
more than sixty million words, largely in more than 300 western novels and serials.
For the past five years he has been producing non-fiction exclusively, of the western
historical type. Although each article requires many hours of research, Richardson places
125-130 such articles with some 31 magazines each year. Ten to fifteen of his articles are
on the newsstands every month.
Gladwell Richardson has owned a home in Flagstaff since 1918, and he has spent most of his
life in Flagstaff and on the Navajo Reservation nearby as a trader. He has two daughters,
both married and living in Montana. The oldest, Cecile Darlene Cobb, attended what is now
Northern Arizona University. The second daughter, Toni Dale Davis matriculated one year in
the School of Journalism at Northern Arizona University, then entered the College of
Journalism at Montana University, Missoula, and graduated at the top of her class.
Scope and Content Note
Articles concerning the West by Tony Richardson appearing in magazines such as Pioneer
West, Old West, Real West, Great West, and Frontier Times.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or
she is an owner of copyright.
This series contains articles concerning the West by Tony Richardson appearing in
magazines such as Pioneer West, Old West, Real West, Great West, and Frontier Times.
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Wagons West of the Pecos, by Gladwell Richardson, Rio Kid Western, October 1900s.
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Sorcerers of the Sands, by Gladwell Richardson, Adventure, 10-1947.
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America’s Famous Indian Show, by Gladwell Richardson, Ariz. Highways,
4-1936.
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Trouble in Aguila, Thrilling Western, 4-1947.
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Waterhole Law, Masked Rider Western, 4-1947.
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JAP Killing Sickness, Pow-Wow Magazine, originally appeared in True Magazine,
1947.
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Canyon Diablo’s 30 Day Marshal, by Maurice Kildare, Real West, 9-1966.
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Sun River Vigilantes, by Maurice Kildare, The West, 2-1966.
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Hanging on the Teton, by John R. Winslowe, The West, 2-1966.
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Shoot-Out on Gunman’s Walk, by I. M. Ford, The West, 6-1966.
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The Padre’s Lost Silver Bars, by Maurice Kildare, Frontier Times, 3-1966.
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Lost Mine of Sycamore, Maurice Kildare, True West, 8-1965.
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Saga of Mill Flat, by Maurice Kildare, Frontier Times, 5-1966.
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Crime Busting Navajo Police, by Gladwell Richardson, New Mexico Lawman,
3-1966.
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The Invincible Sheriff by Maurice Kildare, New Mexico Lawman, 3-1966.
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The Corpse Maker by Maurice Kildare, New Mexico Lawman, 3-1966.
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They Hanged Her Twice by Maurice Kildare, New Mexico Lawman, 1-1966.
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Pat Garrett the Lawman by Maurice Kildare, New Mexico Lawman, 6-1966.
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Blackjack Lost His Head by Maurice Kildare, New Mexico Lawman, 11-1965.
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Mr. Lowe of Alma by Gladwell Richardson, New Mexico Lawman, 4-1966.
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Hell Town Tamer by Maurice Kildare, New Mexico Lawman, 5-1966.
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Bronco Bill’s Outlaws by Maurice Kildare, Arizona Sheriff, 8-1965.
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Old Scarbreast by Gladwell Richardson, Arizona Sheriff, 12-1965.
