If you’re an Old West gun buff, and enjoy Western flicks from the Golden Age of Hollywood films, roughly 1930 through the late 1960s, you may have...
Hollywood’s Six-gun Fakery
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Articles
The Deadliest Younger
John Younger was the youngest of the “fighting Youngers”—but he was the deadliest. He killed his first man at age 15. In January 1871—still 19—he...
Rough Drafts
As we begin a new calendar year of publishing, I am hopeful for a big year in Western history, culture and biography publishing. Here are three...
Were any Arizona Rangers Involved in Gunfights in Mexico?
Were any Arizona Rangers involved in gunfights in Mexico? Jonathan Smith Rodenberg, Germany Ranger Jeff Kidder was when he took on some Mexican...
Remembering Jeb Rosebrook
On August 31, 2018, my father Jeb Rosebrook—author, screenwriter and long-time contributor and friend to True West—died at home in Scottsdale with...
All the World’s a Stage
Jack Langrishe was an actor and comedian in the Old West. He set up a theater in Deadwood, DT which also served as a church and hosted the trial of...
History of Jeans
Jeans were America’s first working clothes, then symbols of disobedience only to become fashion items. Their history is long and colorful. The...
What Goes Around, Comes Around
Robert Martin led a double life. In Arizona and New Mexico territories, he was known as an honest and important rancher. In Mexico, he (and pal...
A Noose and a Scoop
A hanging tree. A blacksmith’s shop. A gold field. A Studebaker. An ice cream saloon. This story was almost lost forever. It would have been if the...
The Oatman Party was near Arizona’s Painted Rock Petroglyph Site when they were Massacred in 1851. Could that have been a Factor in the Attack?
The Oatman party was near Arizona’s Painted Rock Petroglyph site when they were massacred in 1851. Could that have been a factor in the attack? Al...
Too Tough to Die!
We get a kick out of those who talk about the Western myth. What myth? The frontier was as real as a sawed-off shotgun and wilder than anyone could...
Riding Shotgun Across the West
In 2019, 170 years after the commencement of the Gold Rush, Wells Fargo remains an icon of growth and development of the American West. Established...