By his own account, Joe Grandee admits his first cover submission to True West was rejected. The editor told him it was historically incorrect. Since that day in 1956, Grandee has made it a point to get the details correct, and he has never looked back. To beef up his reference material, he became a consummate collector of authentic clothing, guns, saddles and cowboy gear. Today, his collection of more than 5,000 artifacts is on permanent display at the Joe Grandee Museum of the Fro


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