Roy Bean is best known as the eccentric Texas judge. But at least once, he was a promoter, putting together a championship boxing match between...
The Judge and the Prizefight
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The Bullet, Not the Ballot Box
In 1840, it wasn’t politics as usual in Bellevue, Iowa Territory. Two well-armed sides decided that the ballot box wasn’t enough to finalize who...
Women and Bathrooms
When the pioneers were crossing the Great Plains where there were no trees, where did women find privacy to go to the bathroom? Also, if you were...
From Tubac, Tumacacori to Hell
In a sense, Pete Kitchen represented Arizona’s transition from lawless frontier to civilization. In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona...
A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs
Frank Hamer rested his muscular frame against the trunk of a hackberry tree. He levered a round into the chamber of his Winchester Model 1894...
Discover San Angelo
Off the beaten path, you will find San Angelo, an Oasis in west Texas. March is the perfect month for the history enthusiast to visit this unique...
Stacking the Deck
Famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow tried to ensure a victory in the 1907 trial of Western Federation of Miners official “Big Bill” Haywood. The...
Rough Drafts
The 11th Annual Tucson Festival of Books will be held at the University of Arizona on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3, 2019. True West editorial team...
Good Things to Eat
When Frederick Wolferman launched his Kansas City, Missouri, grocery store in the 1880s, he likely didn’t imagine it would be around today. He began...
Can You Tell me What Version of the Winchester ’73 Jimmy Stewart Used in the Movie of the Same Name?
Can you tell me what version of the Winchester ’73 Jimmy Stewart used in the movie of the same name? John Charles Vestavia, Alabama True West...
The Alamo Under Siege
For many baby boomers, the lasting image of the Alamo comes from the ’50s. The 1950s. Fess Parker is the title character in Davy Crockett: King of...
The Central Pacific’s Chinese Trail
Without the back-breaking labor of Chinese immigrants the pivotal event in the development of the nation—the laying of the last rail and placing of...