One determined lawman brought in the big guns. During the rough and woolly days of the 19th century lived a legendary generation of U.S. marshals...
Delivering Justice
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The Deadly Escape
Billy the Kid vs Olinger & Bell Against All Odds April 28, 1881 Godfrey Gauss and Sam Wortley live behind the Lincoln Courthouse....
Did the Devil Make Me Do It?
Manifest Destiny, westward expansion and the California gold rush were fertile topics for humorists and satirists of the 1840s and 1850s. “A man...
Kit Carson and the Conquest of California
The true story of how the trailblazer became the spearpoint of empire All Images Courtesy True West Archives Unless Otherwise Noted Kit Carson...
The Iron Horse and Kit Carson
While innumerable stories about trains, train robberies and the famed trailblazer appeared in True West during its 70-year history, they were rarely...
The 1873 Trapdoor Springfield—One Model, Many Changes
Despite the prominence of repeating rifles of the late 19th century, the U.S. Cavalry largely relied on this single-shot carbine to bring an end to...
The Earth Abides
Twentieth-century Western landscapes dominated Heritage Auctions’ Art of the West sale. Art of the American West is often nostalgic,...
Will This Bell Toll Again?
Tombstone’s first Episcopal Church says “Yes!” On January 21, 1882, a 24-year-old divinity student wrote in his diary, “So begins my journey West....
Truth or Adair
The James-Younger Gang turns to train robbery. A half dozen men crouched next to the railroad tracks near Adair, Iowa, on July 21, 1873. The Rock...
Shooting Back
Bob Ford’s Gun In the June 2023 issue, the “Shooting Back” column was dedicated to the question of what type of firearm Bob Ford used to kill Jesse...
Kit Lit & Fit
I am proud and excited to report we are publishing a very cool original article based on a chapter in Paul Andrew Hutton’s next book (page 24). As...
Truth Be Known
Old Vaquero Sayings "You can't appreciate what you have, until you know how bad it can be." Quotes “My heart is warm with the friends I make, And...