In Southeast Montana, panoramic landscapes intertwine with the rich history of the Old West offering epic adventures in discovery and an authentic glimpse of life on the American frontier.
At Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, walk the hills and ravines where brave warriors and soldiers clashed and the U.S. 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Gen. Custer, was decimated by La

January 2017
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Lane by a Foot
- Clint’s Career Cut Short?
- True West’s Best of the West 2017: Western Wear
- Antoine Leroux
- Bonanza’s Bing Russell
- When Did the Practice of Branding Livestock Begin in the U.S.?
- Some Bad Beef Between Robert Ford and Jefferson Davis Hardin?
- True West’s Best of the West 2017: Firearms
- Cliff Hanger
- Jack Elam Gets Cut
- What Happened to Mart “Old Man” Blevins of the Pleasant Valley War?
- What Bacon Did Trail Cowboys Eat?
- Mack Hughes’ Cowboy Christmas
- A Mapmaker’s Tragic End
Departments
- If Billy the Kid would have been given a fair trial in the Cahill incident, would the Kid have been convicted of murder or a lesser charge?
- What is a Cowboy?
- How Many Indians Died at the 1876 Battle of The Little Big Horn?
- True West Moment: Horses Hate Horseradish
- I’m a Fan of AMC’s Hell on Wheels. Is the Route Constructed from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Sacramento, California, Still In Use Today?
- Black Bart’s Bad Day
- Crown City’s Old Vistas
- True West’s Ultimate Historic Travel Guide
- Denver’s Unsinkable Hostess
- Buffalo Bill Lies Here—Or Here