Their usual establishment was closed because of the heat, so that left the gang standing out in the open on brown, dead grass smack in front of the white-hot broiler we've been calling sunshine lately ...

A shootout Saturday at Cottonwood Grove pitted cowboy against cowboy and husband against wife and tourists vying for fastest draw in the West - or at least at Tanque Verde Ranch Resort, 14301 E.

Note: For additional photos, see the Aug. 14, 2025, print edition of the LVN. The Fastest Gun Alive: World Championship of Cowboy Fast Draw competed its 23rd year of competition in late July as ...