On March 23, 2019, the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, held its annual live auction as the capstone to three days of programs, exhibits...
C.M. Russell Rides Again
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Articles
John Wesley Hardin’s Little Brother
John Wesley Hardin’s youngest brother Gip—like most of the men in the family—led a strange life. He was a Texas school teacher in 1896 when he...
Hawaiian Cowboys
What is the American West and where does it begin and end?” These questions have been debated consistently for well over a century, but after anyone...
On the Move
John Wesley Hardin’s older brother Joe had a hard time finding a final resting place. After Wes killed a Texas lawman in May 1874, vigilantes took...
A Collector Like No Other
Of course, he’d become one of the frontier’s most ardent historians and collectors because history called early to Doug McChristian. He’d always...
The Best of Intentions
Helen Hunt Jackson became interested in the plight of Native Americans in the latter half of the 19th Century. So she wrote Ramona, a melodramatic...
Frontier Editors
Wherever folks settled in the rugged wilds of the West there remained a desire to keep up with what was happening “Back in the States.” Local events...
Were Davy Crockett and his men Captured and Executed in Mexico City?
The March 2019 Alamo issue of True West brought to mind a documentary I saw a few years ago that claimed Davy Crockett and some of his men were...
My Darling Clementine
The other night the 1946 John Ford film My Darling Clementine popped up on one of the channels. I've always enjoyed the film, not for its historical...
Edgar Rice Burroughs Hunted the Apache Kid
Dateline: Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, Saturday, May 23, 1896. Edgar Rice Burroughs, age 20, arrived here today to begin a harrowing ten-month...
What Became of the Yuma Territorial Prison After its Closure in 1909?
The Yuma Territorial Prison opened its doors and closed in 1909 it didn’t lie fallow for long. Before becoming one of Arizona favorite state parks...
Did Old West Lawmen Carry their own Weapons?
Did Old West lawmen carry their own weapons? Capt. Gary Lavorgna Newfane, Vermont Most peace officers were responsible for providing their own...