In spring 1913, famed writer Zane Grey spent several days with Texas Rangers in El Paso. Grey heard plenty of stories that he incorporated into his next novel, 1915’s The Lone Star Ranger.
Grey dedicated it to Captain John R. Hughes and six Rangers, who still faced Old West-style danger along the border. It’s sobering to know that one of those men was brutally murdered before the book came out. Ano

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows