Where the West Comes Alive
The best Western towns welcome visitors with a great mix of hometown hospitality, annual historic re-enactments and heritage events.
True West February/March 2020
To The Point
Passing It On
Bring snacks. Be quick!
- The Apache Kid Escapes
Two lawmen die in the incident. November 2, 1889. Two lawmen are transferring nine prisoners–including the Apache Kid (photo)–from Globe,… Read more: The Apache Kid Escapes - A Brother’s Vengeance
Will McLaury joins the OK Corral prosecution. November 4, 1881. Texas lawyer Will McLaury–the brother of Tom and Frank McLaury–is… Read more: A Brother’s Vengeance - The Jailing of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
A big moment in the OK Corral hearing. November 7, 1881–day eight of the OK Corral hearing. Judge Wells Spicer… Read more: The Jailing of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
Features
Little Bighorn’s Forgotten Hero
A historian remembers an extraordinary afternoon with Trooper Charlie Windolph and its influence on an extraordinary career.
Eyewitness to History
Remarkable photographs by German immigrant-turned-soldier Christian Barthelmess offer a window into a soldier’s life in the West.
Black Kettle: The People’s Peacemaker
The valiant Southern Cheyenne chief never stopped believing that peace and freedom WERE possible for his tribe.
I Will Fight No More Forever
Chief Joseph’s leadership of the Nez Perces from Yellowstone to Bear Paw remains a defining moment in American Indian history.
Departments
Deadman’s Hand, Telegrams, and Mules
Ask The Marshall.
Western Roundup: February/March 2020
Art Shows, Auctions, Heritage Festivals, Poetry Gatherings, Music, Parades, Rodeos, Trade Shows and more!
What History Has Taught Me: Mike Bray
Mike Bray, Publisher.
The Legacy of Yellow Wolf
Learn the truth about one of the great Indian leaders while touring historic sites of the 1877 Nez Perce War.
No Help for the Alamo
The whole story of the Alamo is of men willing to die but not obey.
Last Man Standing on Reno Hill
The Incredible First-Person Account of The Last Surviving Trooper at Little Bighorn. Based on the research of Robert M. Utley, Michael Donahue, George Kush, Bob Reece and Jim Hatzell.
A Firearms Treasure Hidden in Plain Sight
It took nearly a lifetime for this veteran collector to realize he’d been holding a frontier bonanza since he was a teenager.
The Assassination of Charles Bent
The murder of the New Mexico governor failed to sustain the Taos Revolt.
Western Books & Movies
Smoke in Our Eyes
Hollywood has been making Westerns about American Indians for well over a century, but the question is, have they ever gotten it right?
Big Dreams, Far Horizons
H.W. Brands’ ambitious new history of the 19th-century West, plus a new biography of Spotted Tail, a first-person account of the Mexican War and Sandra Dallas and C.K. Crigger’s latest Western novels.