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July 2015

60+ Years of True West Magazine

Every issue ever published now at your fingertips. Read the very first issue from 1953, all the way to our most current. A truly monumental archive!

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The Big Divide

Jana Bommersbach

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The Last Indian Battle

Marshall Trimble

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The Old West is Alive in San Diego

Stuart Rosebrook

hole-in-the-wall-blog

Outlaw Hideouts

Mark Boardman

Black-Kettle-and-Medicine-Woman

Shot and Left for Dead

Terry A. Del Bene

frank-hamer-blog

Frank Hamer’s First Gunfight

Mark Boardman

butch-cassidy-blog

Butch Cassidy Master Train Robber?

Marshall Trimble

dime-novels-blog

Oh, Those Orange Novels

Jana Bommersbach

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Tombstone Merchant Frank Carleton

Mark Boardman

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The Films of Pancho Villa

Henry C. Parke

camel-corps-blog

Camels in the West

Marshall Trimble

crazy-horse-memorial-blog

One Decked Out Dude

Jana Bommersbach

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Should Old Acquaintance be Forgot

Jana Bommersbach

cowboys-lost-treasure-blog

Lost Pick Mine

Marshall Trimble

national-ranch-heritage-center-blog

Lubbock Pride: The National Ranching Heritage Center

Stuart Rosebrook

harry-love-blog

Captain Harry Love

Mark Boardman

lew-wallace-blog

Lew Wallace in New Mexico

Mark Boardman

prescott-saloon-doors-blog

The Old West Alive in Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A.

Stuart Rosebrook

john-hance-blog

John Hance

Marshall Trimble

poker-alice-blog

Poker Alice

Jana Bommersbach

thomas-fitch-blog

The Talents of Thomas Fitch

Mark Boardman

black-noon-blog

Fifty-Five Years The Rebel: Johnny Yuma in Production

Stuart Rosebrook

Señora Doña Maria Luz Corral de Villa

Tom Augherton

red-ghost-blog

Red Ghost

Marshall Trimble

lola-comp-blog

A Whole Lotta Lola

Cameron Douglas

pauline-the-cow-blog

Presidential Bovine

Jana Bommersbach

jim-bridger-blog

You Tell ’em Jim!

Jana Bommersbach

jack-stillwell-blog

Comanche Jack Stilwell

Marshall Trimble

lubbock-the-american-wind-power-center-and-museum-blog

Western State of Mind: Lubbock, Texas

Stuart Rosebrook

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David Crockett

Mark Boardman

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Video Villa!

Mark Boardman

fleming-parker-hanging-blog

Fleming Parker

Marshall Trimble

cumbres-and-toltec-locomotive-blog

All Aboard! Cumbres & Toltec Celebrates 45 Years!

Stuart Rosebrook

sam-bass-blog

An Outlaw’s Mentor

Mark Boardman

faro-blog

King of the Felted Green

Cameron Douglas

cattle-drive-blog

When A Dollar Meant A Dollar

Jana Bommersbach

billy-dixon-blog

Billy Dixon Shot of the Century

Marshall Trimble

Historic Induction of Western Writers Hall of Fame

Stuart Rosebrook

Navajo Frank hanging in Las Vegas-New Mexico

Dragged to Death

Meghan Saar

bill-longley-blog

The Botched Hanging of Bill Longley

Mark Boardman

cowboygears2-blog

One Useful Rag

Jana Bommersbach

chinese-railroad-workers-blog

Beat these Records!

Jana Bommersbach

good-time-girls-blog

Bawdy House Gals

Marshall Trimble

lizzi-tremayne-novel-blog

A New Western from the Gold Country in the Southwest Pacific!

Stuart Rosebrook

robert-james-blog

Robert Sallee James

Mark Boardman

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Chasing Villa

Phil Spangenberger

movie-theater-blog

Newfangled Motion Pictures

Marshall Trimble

hannie-caulder-bailey-blog

When the Count Went West

Stuart Rosebrook

vasquez-blog

Tiburcio Vasquez

Mark Boardman

donnerpartystorm-blog

Oops

Jana Bommersbach

seen-the-elephant-blog

Seen the Elephant

Marshall Trimble

davy-crockett-blog

Long Live the King of the Wild Frontier

Stuart Rosebrook

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Rodeo Capital of the World

John Stanley

Cliff-Palace-Mesa-Verde

American Indian Trails of the West

Cheewa James

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Wyoming at 125: Still Bucking

Candy Moulton

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Milkshake Mix-Up

Sherry Monahan

Battle of Platte Bridge Station 150th anniversary

July 2015 Events

Darren Jensen

John-Read_Park-Manager

John Read

John Read

Does “cookie” refer to cook?

Marshall Trimble

Who was hired killer Bob Higdon?

Marshall Trimble

Will you recommend a dictionary of American West language and slang?

Marshall Trimble

Why do airplane paratroopers shout “Geronimo” when they jump?

Marshall Trimble

Did gunfighters practice shooting?

Marshall Trimble

Pancho-Via-Photos

Pancho in Pictures

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On the Western Trail of the Civil War with Walter Earl Pittman

Walter Earl Pittman

Rough Drafts 7/15

Stuart Rosebrook

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Studying Villa’s Raid

Jana Bommersbach

Trail’s End for a Southern Son

Stuart Rosebrook

The “Apocryphal Cantos” of Walter Noble Burns

Max McCoy

Manifest Destiny on the Rio Grande

Max Oliver

John James Audubon

Gregory McNamee

Sitting Bull’s Nemesis

Bill Markley