Were archery contests held out West? Jennifer Malewski Kansas City, Missouri Archery was practiced almost entirely by American Indians in the...

Were archery contests held out West? Jennifer Malewski Kansas City, Missouri Archery was practiced almost entirely by American Indians in the...
Once upon a time there was two cowboys named Jake and Tuffy. It was December and there wasn’t much cowboy work so they were spending the winter in...
The story goes that John Wayne was a judge on a talent show for college students in the late ‘60s, and he was very impressed with the girl...
I reflect on my years writing Frontier Fare, I’m reminded of the wonderful historical and literary food journeys I’ve taken. This column has...
William Wells spent most of his life in New York, yet he had a profound impact on the Old West. In the early 1850s, he was heavily involved in the...
Mack Hughes was one of the last of the Hashknife Cowboys. When he hired out for the outfit in the 1920s he didn’t even own a pair of boots. He...
From its earliest issues 65 years ago, True West has consistently recognized the importance of firearms in taming the American West—covering the...
Nelson Story was already a wealthy man in 1866. He’d moved to Montana a few years earlier and found gold. He used some of the riches to start...
What is 3-7-77, associated with the Montana Vigilantes? Dave Quinn Carson City, Nevada This has long been a Western historical puzzle. The Montana...
The first recorded Christmas in Northern Arizona north of the Gila River took place in 1853 at the foot of the snowy San Francisco Peaks where the...
In 2013, I started managing and writing the “Western Books” column for True West. In those five years, I have received between 400 and 600 books a...
Along with True West’s 65th birthday, this column celebrates a landmark too—my 10th anniversary of exploring the people and groups who are saving...